Other spirochetal infections

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 5 more specific codes instead:

A69.0 Necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis
A69.1 Other Vincent's infections
A69.2 Lyme disease (also a header)
A69.8 Other specified spirochetal infections
A69.9 Spirochetal infection, unspecified

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 Other spirochetal infections

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 A65-A69 section Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)

Excludes2 - not included here

leptospirosis (A27.-)
syphilis (A50-A53)