A78
A78: Q fever
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A78 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for q fever. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A78 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Infection due to Coxiella burnetii
- Nine Mile fever
- Quadrilateral fever
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A78 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A56717Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy (Respiratory Care)
- A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Balkan grippe
- Q fever
- Quadrilateral fever
- Australian›Q fever
- Endocarditis›Coxiella burnetii
- Endocarditis›Q fever
- Fever›Australian Q
- Fever›Nine-Mile
- Fever›Q
- Fever›quadrilateral
- Grippe, grippal›Balkan
- Infection, infected, infective›Coxiella burnetii
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.