ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A30-A49 › A38 Scarlet fever › A38.0
Scarlet fever with otitis media
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Scarlet fever with otitis media
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from A38 Scarlet fever
Excludes2 - not included here
- streptococcal sore throat (J02.0)
Includes
- scarlatina
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Tympanitis
- Myringitis > with otitis media
- Suppuration, suppurative > ear
- Disorder > tympanic membrane > infection
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > ear
- Infection, infected, infective > tympanic membrane NEC
- Scarlatina > otitis media
- Otitis > media > in > scarlet fever
- Otitis > media > acute, subacute > necrotizing > in > scarlet fever
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A38.1 | Scarlet fever with myocarditis | Valid |
| A38.8 | Scarlet fever with other complications | Valid |
| A38.9 | Scarlet fever, uncomplicated | Valid |