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A42.2
Cervicofacial actinomycosis
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 Cervicofacial actinomycosis
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 A42 Actinomycosis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- actinomycetoma (B47.1)
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.
- Node
- Actinomyces israelii
- Fistula > actinomycotic
- Nodule, nodular > actinomycotic
- Infection, infected, infective > Actinomyces
- Infection, infected, infective > Actinomycetales
- Infection, infected, infective > actinomycotic NOS
- Rivalta's disease
- Disease, diseased > Rivalta's
- Actinomycosis, actinomycotic > cervicofacial
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A42.0 | Pulmonary actinomycosis | Valid |
| A42.1 | Abdominal actinomycosis | Valid |
| A42.7 | Actinomycotic sepsis | Valid |
| A42.8 | Other forms of actinomycosis | Not billable |
| A42.9 | Actinomycosis, unspecified | Valid |