2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B95.0
Streptococcus, group A, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- B95.0
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Streptococcus, group A, causing diseases classd elswhr
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
- Not chronic
- Code Navigator:
B95.0 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of streptococcus, group a, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
This code describes a circumstance which influences the patient's health status but not a current illness or injury. The code is unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Cellulitis of perineum
- Childhood cellulitis of perianal region caused by beta-hemolytic Streptococcus group A
- Congenital bacterial pneumonia
- Congenital group A hemolytic streptococcal pneumonia
- Congenital pneumonia
- Infective pneumonia acquired prenatally
- Invasive beta-hemolytic streptococcal disease
- Invasive Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal disease
- Invasive streptococcal disease
- Perianal cellulitis
- Streptococcus pyogenes infection
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Bacterial infections
- CCSR Category Code: INF003
- Inpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: X - Not applicable.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) - B99.9
- - bacterial NOS - A49.9
- - as cause of disease classified elsewhere - B96.89
- - Streptococcus - B95.5
- - group A - B95.0
- - Streptococcus - B95.5
- - as cause of disease classified elsewhere - B96.89
- - bacterial NOS - A49.9
- - Streptococcus, streptococcal - See Also: condition;
- - group
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Unacceptable principal diagnosis - There are selected codes that describe a circumstance which influences an individual's health status but not a current illness or injury, or codes that are not specific manifestations but may be due to an underlying cause. These codes are considered unacceptable as a principal diagnosis.
Convert B95.0 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: 041.01 - Streptococcus group a
Patient Education
Streptococcal Infections
Strep is short for Streptococcus, a type of bacteria. There are several types. Two of them cause most of the strep infections in people: group A and group B.
Group A strep causes:
- Strep throat - a sore, red throat. Your tonsils may be swollen and have white spots on them.
- Scarlet fever - an illness that follows strep throat. It causes a red rash on the body.
- Impetigo - a skin infection
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease)
Group B strep can cause blood infections, pneumonia and meningitis in newborns. A screening test during pregnancy can tell if you have it. If you do, intravenous (IV) antibiotics during labor can save your baby's life. Adults can also get group B strep infections, especially if they are 65 or older or already have health problems. Strep B can cause urinary tract infections, blood infections, skin infections and pneumonia in adults.
Antibiotics are used to treat strep infections.
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Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.
Footnotes
[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.