Lyme disease

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:

A69.20 Lyme disease, unspecified
A69.21 Meningitis due to Lyme disease
A69.22 Other neurologic disorders in Lyme disease
A69.23 Arthritis due to Lyme disease
A69.29 Other conditions associated with Lyme disease

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 Lyme disease

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
A69.0	Necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis	Valid
A69.1	Other Vincent's infections	Valid
A69.8	Other specified spirochetal infections	Valid
A69.9	Spirochetal infection, unspecified	Valid