A79.81 — Rickettsiosis due to Ehrlichia sennetsu
A79.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for rickettsiosis due to ehrlichia sennetsu. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Rickettsiosis due to Neorickettsia sennetsu
Other codes that can never be billed with A79.81
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A79.81. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A79.81 alone.
Risk adjustment
A79.81 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.
How A79.81 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to A79.81.
- Ehrlichiosis›due to›E. sennetsu
- Rickettsiosis›due to›Ehrlichia sennetsu
- Rickettsiosis›due to›Neorickettsia sennetsu
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A79.8. If A79.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A79.81
- Is A79.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. A79.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does A79.81 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Rickettsioses (A75-A79).