Valid for Submission
A54.1 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract with periurethral and accessory gland abscess. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code A54.1 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like abscess gonococcal, abscess of urethral gland, abscess of vulva, acute gonococcal bartholinitis, acute pelvic inflammatory disease, bartholinitis, etc
| ICD-10: | A54.1 |
| Short Description: | Gonocl infct of lower GU tract w periureth and acc glnd abcs |
| Long Description: | Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract with periurethral and accessory gland abscess |
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code A54.1:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Gonococcal Bartholin's gland abscess
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 A54.1 are found in the index:
- - Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) - L02.91
- - penis - N48.21
- - periurethral - N34.0
- - Gonococcus, gonococcal (disease) (infection) - See Also: condition; - A54.9
- - Gonorrhea (acute) (chronic) - A54.9
- - Paraurethritis - See Also: Urethritis;
- - Vaginitis (acute) (circumscribed) (diffuse) (emphysematous) (nonvenereal) (ulcerative) - N76.0
- - gonococcal - A54.02
- - Vulvitis (acute) (allergic) (atrophic) (hypertrophic) (intertriginous) (senile) - N76.2
- - gonococcal - A54.02
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Abscess gonococcal
- Abscess of urethral gland
- Abscess of vulva
- Acute gonococcal bartholinitis
- Acute pelvic inflammatory disease
- Bartholinitis
- Chronic gonococcal bartholinitis
- Gonococcal bartholinitis
- Infection of Bartholin gland
- Infection of lower genitourinary tract co-occurrent with abscess of periurethral gland caused by Gonococcus
- Periurethral abscess
- Periurethral abscess caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Urethral abscess
Diagnostic Related Groups
The ICD-10 code A54.1 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.
- 727 - INFLAMMATION OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM WITH MCC
- 728 - INFLAMMATION OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM WITHOUT MCC
Convert A54.1 to ICD-9
- 098.0 - Acute gc infect lower gu (Approximate Flag)
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