A55
A55: Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A55 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum). It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A55 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Climatic or tropical bubo
- Durand-Nicolas-Favre disease
- Esthiomene
- Lymphogranuloma inguinale
Other codes that can never be billed with A55
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- A74Other diseases caused by chlamydiae
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A55 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
- A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Durand-Nicolas-Favre disease
- Esthiomene
- Frei's disease
- Genito-anorectal syndrome
- Lymphopathia venereum, veneris
- Nicolas-Favre disease(-Durand)
- Poradenitis, nostras inguinalis or venerea
- Bubo›climatic
- Bubo›tropical
- Disease, diseased›Durand-Nicholas-Favre(climatic bubo)
- Disease, diseased›Favre-Durand-Nicolas(climatic bubo)
- Disease, diseased›Frei's(climatic bubo)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.