ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A70-A74 › A71 Trachoma › A71.9
Trachoma, unspecified
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 Trachoma, unspecified
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.
- Trachoma, trachomatous
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A71.0 | Initial stage of trachoma | Valid |
| A71.1 | Active stage of trachoma | Valid |