A74.8
A74.8 — Other chlamydial diseases
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A74.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other chlamydial diseases. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A74.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A74.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A74.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
A74.8 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 A74.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A74. If A74.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A74.8
- Is A74.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. A74.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does A74.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Other diseases caused by chlamydiae (A70-A74).