A54.8
A54.8: Other gonococcal infections
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A54.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other gonococcal infections. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A54.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- G01Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere
- G07Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere
- I32Pericarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
- I39Endocarditis and heart valve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- I41Myocarditis in diseases classified elsewhere
- I52Other heart disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- J17Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere
- K65Peritonitis
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 A54.8
7 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under A54
- A54.0Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract without periurethral or accessory gland abscess
- A54.1Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract with periurethral and accessory gland abscess
- A54.2Gonococcal pelviperitonitis and other gonococcal genitourinary infection
- A54.3Gonococcal infection of eye
- A54.4Gonococcal infection of musculoskeletal system
- A54.5Gonococcal pharyngitis
- A54.6Gonococcal infection of anus and rectum
- A54.9Gonococcal infection, unspecified