A59.0
A59.0 — Urogenital trichomoniasis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A59.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for urogenital trichomoniasis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A59.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A59.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A59.0 alone.
- N33Bladder disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- N37Urethral disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- N51Disorders of male genital organs in diseases classified elsewhere
- N74Female pelvic inflammatory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- N77.1Vaginitis, vulvitis and vulvovaginitis in diseases classified elsewhere
- N89Other noninflammatory disorders of vagina
Risk adjustment
A59.0 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 A59.0
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A59. If A59.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A59.0
- Is A59.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A59.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A59.0 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).