Is A80.39 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. A80.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does A80.39 sit in the tabular list?

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89).

What cannot be coded together with A80.39?

A80.39 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above A80.39 (A80) and apply to it just the same.

A80.39

A80.39 — Other acute paralytic poliomyelitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A80.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other acute paralytic poliomyelitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A80.39

These are not written on A80.39, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing A80.39 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on A80 — Acute poliomyelitis

acute flaccid myelitis (G04.82)

Other codes that can never be billed with A80.39

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at A80.39. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading A80.39 alone.

A85Other viral encephalitis, not elsewhere classified
A87Viral meningitis

Risk adjustment

A80.39 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.

Medicare coverage

A80.39 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies — 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
A57206Billing and Coding: Lumbar MRI
A57224Billing and Coding: Respiratory Care
A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

How A80.39 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 A80.39.

Poliomyelitis›paralytic›specified NEC

Code history

A80.39 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share A80.3. If A80.39 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

A80.30Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, unspecified

Questions about A80.39

Is A80.39 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. A80.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does A80.39 sit in the tabular list?: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89).
What cannot be coded together with A80.39?: A80.39 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above A80.39 (A80) and apply to it just the same.