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.
ICD-10: | A39.50 |
Short Description: | Meningococcal carditis, unspecified |
Long Description: | Meningococcal carditis, unspecified |
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
- - heart (organic) - I51.9
- - Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) - B99.9
- - meningococcal - See Also: condition; - A39.9
- - heart - A39.50
- - meningococcal - See Also: condition; - A39.9
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
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