ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A50-A64 › A54 Gonococcal infection › A54.1
Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract with periurethral and accessory gland abscess
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 Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract with periurethral and accessory gland abscess
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 the A50-A64 section Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
- Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
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.
- uti
- utis
- Clap
- Colpitis
- Skenitis
- Littritis
- Pyocolpos
- Vaginosis
- Cowperitis
- Blennorrhea
- Carbunculus
- Colpocystitis
- Paravaginitis
- Perivaginitis
- Paraurethritis
- Pericellulitis
- Periurethritis
- Vulvovaginitis
- Cystourethritis
- Abscess > vagina
- Pyocele > urethra
- Cellulitis > vulva
- Meatitis, urethral
- Cellulitis > labium
- Abscess > gonorrheal
- Abscess > paravaginal
- Abscess > vaginorectal
- Neisserian infection NEC
- Adenitis > Cowper's gland
- Adenitis > urethral gland
- Blennorrhagia, blennorrhagic
- Disease, diseased > venereal
- Adenitis > bulbourethral gland
- Adenitis > Skene's duct or gland
- Gonorrhea > specified site not listed
- Infection, infected, infective > labia
- Infection, infected, infective > vulva
- Infection, infected, infective > vagina
- Infection, infected, infective > urethra
- Infection, infected, infective > Neisseria
Showing 40 of 63 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A54.0 | Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract without periurethral or accessory gland abscess | Not billable |
| A54.2 | Gonococcal pelviperitonitis and other gonococcal genitourinary infection | Not billable |
| A54.3 | Gonococcal infection of eye | Not billable |
| A54.4 | Gonococcal infection of musculoskeletal system | Not billable |
| A54.5 | Gonococcal pharyngitis | Valid |
| A54.6 | Gonococcal infection of anus and rectum | Valid |
| A54.8 | Other gonococcal infections | Not billable |
| A54.9 | Gonococcal infection, unspecified | Valid |