ICD-10-CM Code A39.50

Valid for Submission

A39.50 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of meningococcal carditis, unspecified. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code A39.50 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like meningococcal carditis.

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 A39.50 are found in the index:

• - Carditis (acute) (bacterial) (chronic) (subacute) - I51.89
  • - meningococcal - A39.50

• - Disease, diseased - See Also: Syndrome;
  • - heart (organic) - I51.9
    • - meningococcal - A39.50

• - Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) - B99.9
  • - meningococcal - See Also: condition; - A39.9
    • - heart - A39.50

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Meningococcal carditis

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code A39.50 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are 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). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.

• 314 - OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCC
• 315 - OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH CC
• 316 - OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert A39.50 to ICD-9

• 036.40 - Meningococc carditis NOS

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
    • Meningococcal infection (A39)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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