Meningococcal heart disease

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

A39.50 Meningococcal carditis, unspecified
A39.51 Meningococcal endocarditis
A39.52 Meningococcal myocarditis
A39.53 Meningococcal pericarditis

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Meningococcal heart disease

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
A39.0	Meningococcal meningitis	Valid
A39.1	Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome	Valid
A39.2	Acute meningococcemia	Valid
A39.3	Chronic meningococcemia	Valid
A39.4	Meningococcemia, unspecified	Valid
A39.8	Other meningococcal infections	Not billable
A39.9	Meningococcal infection, unspecified	Valid