A54.0

A54.0: Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract without periurethral or accessory gland abscess

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

A54.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract without periurethral or accessory gland abscess. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

gonococcal infection with genitourinary gland abscess (A54.1)
gonococcal infection with periurethral abscess (A54.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with A54.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

N33Bladder disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
N35.1Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified
N37Urethral disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
N74Female pelvic inflammatory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
N77.0Ulceration of vulva in diseases classified elsewhere
N77.1Vaginitis, vulvitis and vulvovaginitis in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead A54.0

5 child codes. Green means billable.