A79.81
A79.81: Rickettsiosis due to Ehrlichia sennetsu
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A79.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for rickettsiosis due to ehrlichia sennetsu. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A79.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion 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
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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Ehrlichiosis›due to›E. sennetsu
- Rickettsiosis›due to›Ehrlichia sennetsu
- Rickettsiosis›due to›Neorickettsia sennetsu
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.