ICD-10 Code A37.00
Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis without pneumonia
| ICD-10: | A37.00 |
| Short Description: | Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis without pneumonia |
| Long Description: | Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis without pneumonia |
Valid for Submission
ICD-10 A37.00 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of whooping cough due to bordetella pertussis without pneumonia. The code is valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
Information for Medical Professionals
Diagnostic Related Groups
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). The diagnosis code A37.00 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V36.0 applicable from 10/01/2018 through 09/30/2019.
Convert A37.00 to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- 033.0 - Bordetella pertussis (Approximate Flag)
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms:
- Acute bacterial bronchitis
- Bordetellosis
- Conjunctivitis due to Bordetella pertussis
- Healthcare associated pertussis
- Pertussis
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code A37.00 are found in the index:
- - Whooping cough - A37.90
- - due to
- - Bordetella
- - pertussis - A37.00
- - Bordetella
- - due to
Information for Patients
Whooping Cough
Also called: Pertussis
Whooping cough is an infectious bacterial disease that causes uncontrollable coughing. The name comes from the noise you make when you take a breath after you cough. You may have choking spells or may cough so hard that you vomit.
Anyone can get whooping cough, but it is more common in infants and children. It's especially dangerous for infants. The coughing spells can be so bad that it is hard for infants to eat, drink, or breathe.
To make a diagnosis, your doctor may do a physical exam, blood tests, chest x-rays, or nose or throat cultures.
Before there was a vaccine, whooping cough was one of the most common childhood diseases and a major cause of childhood deaths in the U.S. Now most cases are prevented by vaccines. If you have whooping cough, treatment with antibiotics may help if given early.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Pertussis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Whooping Cough also Known as Pertussis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Whooping Cough also Known as Pertussis (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Whooping Cough also Known as Pertussis (American Academy of Pediatrics)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.