A80.9
A80.9: Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A80.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute poliomyelitis, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
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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.
Medicare coverage
A80.9 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56802Billing and Coding: Urodynamics
- A57455Billing and Coding: Urodynamics
- A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Heine-Medin disease
- Polioencephalitis(acute) (bulbar)
- Polioencephalomyelitis(acute) (anterior)
- Poliomyelitis(acute) (anterior) (epidemic)
- Meningitis›poliovirus
- Poliomyelitis›nonepidemic
- Poliomyelitis›spinal, acute
- Encephalitis›in›poliovirus
- Meningitis›in›poliovirus
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.