A54.83
A54.83: Gonococcal heart infection
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A54.83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gonococcal heart infection. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A54.83 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Gonococcal endocarditis
- Gonococcal myocarditis
- Gonococcal pericarditis
Other codes that can never be billed with A54.83
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A54.83 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Endocarditis›gonococcal
- Gonococcus, gonococcal›endocardium
- Gonococcus, gonococcal›heart
- Myocarditis›gonococcal
- Pericarditis›gonococcal
- Disease, diseased›heart›gonococcal
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.