A54.49 — Gonococcal infection of other musculoskeletal tissue
A54.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gonococcal infection of other musculoskeletal tissue. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Gonococcal bursitis
- Gonococcal myositis
- Gonococcal synovitis
- Gonococcal tenosynovitis
Risk adjustment
A54.49 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 A54.49 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 A54.49.
- Bursitis›gonococcal
- Exostosis›gonococcal
- Gonococcus, gonococcal›bursa, bursitis
- Gonococcus, gonococcal›tendon sheath
- Synovitis›gonococcal
- Tenosynovitis›gonococcal
- Gonococcus, gonococcal›musculoskeletal›other specified
- Synovitis›in›gonorrhea
- Tenosynovitis›in›gonorrhea
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A54.4. If A54.49 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A54.49
- Is A54.49 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. A54.49 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does A54.49 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).