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A74.81

A74.81: Chlamydial peritonitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A74.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chlamydial peritonitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A74.81

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A74: Other diseases caused by chlamydiae

  • neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis (P39.1)
  • neonatal chlamydial pneumonia (P23.1)
  • Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
  • sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases (A55-A56)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above A74.81

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on A74: Other diseases caused by chlamydiae

  • chlamydial pneumonia (J16.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with A74.81

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • K65Peritonitis
  • K67Disorders of peritoneum in infectious diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Chlamydia, chlamydial›peritonitis
  • Peritonitis›chlamydial
  • Fitzhugh-Curtis syndrome›due to›Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Syndrome›Fitzhugh-Curtis›due to›Chlamydia trachomatis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under A74.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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