Actinomycotic encephalitis

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Actinomycotic encephalitis

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.

Myelitis
Phrenitis
Cephalitis
Cerebritis
Ependymitis
Cerebellitis
Fever > brain
Ventriculitis
Febris, febrile
Meningomyelitis
Mesencephalitis
Myelomeningitis
Parencephalitis
Syringomyelitis
Fever > cerebral
Radiculomyelitis
Encephalomyelitis
Meningocerebritis
Myeloencephalitis
Encephalomeningitis
Meningoencephalitis
Meningomyeloneuritis
Encephalomeningomyelitis
Encephalomyelomeningitis
Meningoencephalomyelitis
Poliomeningoencephalitis
Fever > viral hemorrhagic
Myelopathy > in > infection
Disease, diseased > cerebral
Infection, infected, infective > brain
Disease, diseased > brain > inflammatory
Disease, diseased > cerebellar, cerebellum
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > brain
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cerebral
Infection, infected, infective > spinal cord NOS
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > spinal > cord
Encephalitis > in > actinomycosis
Meningoencephalomyelitis > due to > actinomycosis

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
A42.81	Actinomycotic meningitis	Valid
A42.89	Other forms of actinomycosis	Valid