Is A54.40 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. A54.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does A54.40 sit in the tabular list?

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64).

A54.40

A54.40 — Gonococcal infection of musculoskeletal system, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A54.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gonococcal infection of musculoskeletal system, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Risk adjustment

A54.40 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 92 Bone/Joint/Muscle/Severe Soft Tissue Infections/Necrosis0.479 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.

How A54.40 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to A54.40.

Gonococcus, gonococcal›musculoskeletal

Related codes at this level

Codes that share A54.4. If A54.40 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about A54.40

Is A54.40 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. A54.40 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does A54.40 sit in the tabular list?: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64).