ICD 10 coding tips for Zoonotic Bacterial Diseases
Many ICD 10 codes have been added for Bacterial diseases. There ICD 10 codes are very specific for each bacterial disease. As we know, there are many bacterial diseases like plaque, anthrax etc.These diseases and infection have a particular specific ICD 10 code. Some of these diseases need an additional code for more specificity. Hence, it is very important to learn about all these bacterial disease and infections which are commonly coded by medical coders. So, let see the list of these ICD 10 codes for bacterial diseases.
Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases (A20-A28)
A20 Plague
Includes: infection due to Yersinia pestis
A20.0 Bubonic plague
A20.1 Cellulocutaneous plague
A20.2 Pneumonic plague
A20.3 Plague meningitis
A20.7 Septicemic plague
A20.8 Other forms of plague
Abortive plague Asymptomatic plague Pestis minor
A20.9 Plague, unspecified
A21 Tularemia
Includes: deer-fly fever
infection due to Francisella tularensis rabbit fever
A21.0 Ulceroglandular tularemia
A21.1 Oculoglandular tularemia
Ophthalmic tularemia
A21.2 Pulmonary tularemia
A21.3 Gastrointestinal tularemia
Abdominal tularemia
A21.7 Generalized tularemia
A21.8 Other forms of tularemia
A21.9 Tularemia, unspecified
A22 Anthrax
Includes: infection due to Bacillus anthracis
A22.0 Cutaneous anthrax
Malignant carbuncle Malignant pustule
A22.1 Pulmonary anthrax
Inhalation anthrax
Ragpicker’s disease
Woolsorter’s disease
A22.2 Gastrointestinal anthrax
A22.7 Anthrax sepsis
A22.8 Other forms of anthrax
Anthrax meningitis
A22.9 Anthrax, unspecified
A23 Brucellosis
Includes: Malta fever Mediterranean fever undulant fever
A23.0 Brucellosis due to Brucella melitensis
A23.1 Brucellosis due to Brucella abortus
A23.2 Brucellosis due to Brucella suis
A23.3 Brucellosis due to Brucella canis
A23.8 Other brucellosis
A23.9 Brucellosis, unspecified
A24 Glanders and melioidosis
A24.0 Glanders
Infection due to Pseudomonas mallei Malleus
A24.1 Acute and fulminating melioidosis
Melioidosis pneumonia Melioidosis sepsis
A24.2 Subacute and chronic melioidosis
A24.3 Other melioidosis A24.9 Melioidosis, unspecified
Infection due to Pseudomonas pseudomallei NOS
Whitmore’s disease
A25 Rat-bite fevers
A25.0 Spirillosis
Sodoku
A25.1 Streptobacillosis
Epidemic arthritic erythema
Haverhill fever
Streptobacillary rat-bite fever
A25.9 Rat-bite fever, unspecified
A26 Erysipeloid
A26.0 Cutaneous erysipeloid
Erythema migrans
A26.7 Erysipelothrix sepsis
A26.8 Other forms of erysipeloid
A26.9 Erysipeloid, unspecified
A27 Leptospirosis
A27.0 Leptospirosis icterohemorrhagica
Leptospiral or spirochetal jaundice (hemorrhagic)
Weil’s disease
A27.8 Other forms of leptospirosis
A27.81 Aseptic meningitis in leptospirosis
A27.89 Other forms of leptospirosis
A27.9 Leptospirosis, unspecified
A28 Other zoonotic bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified
A28.0 Pasteurellosis
A28.1 Cat-scratch disease
Cat-scratch fever
A28.2 Extraintestinal yersiniosis
Excludes1: enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica (A04.6) plague (A20.-)
A28.8 Other specified zoonotic bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified
A28.9 Zoonotic bacterial disease,
