ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A70-A74 › A71 Trachoma › A71.1
Active stage of trachoma
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 Active stage of trachoma
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 A71 Trachoma
Excludes1 - never coded here
- sequelae of trachoma (B94.0)
Inherited from the A70-A74 section Other diseases caused by chlamydiae (A70-A74)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases (A55-A56)
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.
- Leukoma
- Ophthalmitis
- Nebula, cornea
- Dacryopericystitis
- Abscess > tear duct
- Caruncle > lacrimal
- Dacryocystoblennorrhea
- Vascularization, cornea
- Disorder > cornea > scar
- Keloid, cheloid > cornea
- Macula > cornea, corneal
- Boil > lacrimal > passages
- Abscess > lacrimal > caruncle
- Abscess > lacrimal > passages
- Disorder > cornea > keratitis
- Sclerosis, sclerotic > cornea
- Cellulitis > lacrimal passages
- Furuncle > lacrimal > passages
- Carbuncle > lacrimal > passages
- Neovascularization > cornea > pannus
- Disorder > cornea > neovascularization
- Scar, scarring > cornea > xerophthalmic
- Disorder > lacrimal system > inflammation
- Opacity, opacities > cornea > inflammatory
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cornea
- Infection, infected, infective > lacrimal > passages
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > lacrimal > passages
- Ophthalmia > Egyptian
- Keratitis > trachomatous
- Conjunctivitis NOS > granular
- Trachoma, trachomatous > active
- Trachoma, trachomatous > pannus
- Conjunctivitis NOS > trachomatous
- Pannus > trachomatosus, trachomatous
- Dacryocystitis > trachomatous, active
- Conjunctivitis NOS > chlamydial > due to trachoma
- Trachoma, trachomatous > contraction of conjunctiva
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > conjunctiva, trachomatous, active
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A71.0 | Initial stage of trachoma | Valid |
| A71.9 | Trachoma, unspecified | Valid |