A79.8
A79.8: Other specified rickettsioses
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
A79.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified rickettsioses. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with A79.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead A79.8
3 child codes. Green means billable.