A70
A70: Chlamydia psittaci infections
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A70 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chlamydia psittaci infections. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A70 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Ornithosis
- Parrot fever
- Psittacosis
Other codes that can never be billed with A70
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- J16Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A70 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57205Billing and Coding: Oximetry Services
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Ornithosis
- Parrot fever
- Psittacosis
- Chlamydia, chlamydial›psittaci(infection)
- Fever›parrot
- Pneumonia›psittacosis
- Infection, infected, infective›Chlamydia, chlamydial›psittaci
- Pneumonia›in›ornithosis
- Pneumonia›in›psittacosis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.