A56.19
A56.19: Other chlamydial genitourinary infection
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A56.19 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other chlamydial genitourinary infection. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A56.19 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Chlamydial epididymitis
- Chlamydial orchitis
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A56.19
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A56.19
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A56.19 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58747Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58761Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Chlamydia, chlamydial›epididymitis
- Chlamydia, chlamydial›orchitis
- Epididymitis›chlamydial
- Orchitis›chlamydial
- Infection, infected, infective›Chlamydia, chlamydial›genitourinary tract›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.