A69
A69 — Other spirochetal infections
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A69 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other spirochetal 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 A69
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A69. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A69 alone.
- M01Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
- A49Bacterial infection of unspecified site
- G01Meningitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere
- G63Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
- J03.8Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms
- J15Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
- J17Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere
- K05.0Acute gingivitis
Risk adjustment
A69 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 A69
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about A69
- Is A69 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A69 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A69 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69).