ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A80-A89 › A82 Rabies › A82.9
A82.9
Rabies, 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 Rabies, 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 the A80-A89 section Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- postpolio syndrome (G14)
- sequelae of poliomyelitis (B91)
- sequelae of viral encephalitis (B94.1)
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.
- Lyssa
- Tollwut
- Hydrophobia
- Rage, meaning rabies
- Rabies
- St. Hubert's disease
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A82.0 | Sylvatic rabies | Valid |
| A82.1 | Urban rabies | Valid |