A54.49
A54.49: Gonococcal infection of other musculoskeletal tissue
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
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.
Check A54.49 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion 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. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- 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
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.