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
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A54.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A54.8 alone.
- L86Keratoderma in diseases classified elsewhere
- L99Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases classified elsewhere
- A54.24Gonococcal female pelvic inflammatory disease
- 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
Risk adjustment
A54.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead A54.8
7 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A54. If A54.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
Questions about A54.8
- Is A54.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A54.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A54.8 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).