ICD-10-CM Code A66.5

Valid for Submission

A66.5 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of gangosa. The code is valid for the fiscal year 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code A66.5 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like chronic nasopharyngitis or chronic pharyngitis or gangosa of yaws or palatitis.

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 A66.5:

Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These 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.

• Rhinopharyngitis mutilans

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 A66.5 are found in the index:

• - Gangosa - A66.5

• - Rhinopharyngitis (acute) (subacute) - See Also: Nasopharyngitis;
  • - destructive ulcerating - A66.5
  • - mutilans - A66.5

• - Yaws - A66.9
  • - gangosis, gangosa - A66.5

Synonyms

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

• Chronic nasopharyngitis
• Chronic pharyngitis
• Gangosa of yaws
• Palatitis

Convert A66.5 to ICD-9

• 102.5 - Gangosa

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)
    • Yaws (A66)

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
• FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021

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