ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A30-A49 › A42.8 Other forms of actinomycosis › A42.89
Other forms of 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 Other forms of 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
- Abscess > tear duct
- Caruncle > lacrimal
- Actinomyces israelii
- Dacryocystoblennorrhea
- Fistula > actinomycotic
- Boil > lacrimal > passages
- Abscess > lacrimal > caruncle
- Abscess > lacrimal > passages
- Cellulitis > lacrimal passages
- Furuncle > lacrimal > passages
- Carbuncle > lacrimal > passages
- Nodule, nodular > actinomycotic
- Disorder > lacrimal system > inflammation
- Infection, infected, infective > Actinomyces
- Infection, infected, infective > Actinomycetales
- Infection, infected, infective > actinomycotic NOS
- Infection, infected, infective > lacrimal > passages
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > lacrimal > passages > canaliculitis
- Canaliculitis > Actinomyces
- Actinomycosis, actinomycotic > cutaneous
- Actinomycosis, actinomycotic > specified site NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A42.81 | Actinomycotic meningitis | Valid |
| A42.82 | Actinomycotic encephalitis | Valid |