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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A96

Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever

ICD-10-CM Code:
A96
ICD-10 Code for:
Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
    (A00–B99)
    • Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral hemorrhagic fevers
      (A90-A99)
      • Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever
        (A96)

A96 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of arenaviral hemorrhagic fever. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever

Non-specific codes like A96 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for arenaviral hemorrhagic fever:

  • Use A96.0 for Junin hemorrhagic fever - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use A96.1 for Machupo hemorrhagic fever - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use A96.2 for Lassa fever - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use A96.8 for Other arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use A96.9 for Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever, unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

Patient Education


Hemorrhagic Fevers

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses caused by four families of viruses. These include the Ebola and Marburg, Lassa fever, and yellow fever viruses. VHFs have common features: they affect many organs, they damage the blood vessels, and they affect the body's ability to regulate itself. Some VHFs cause mild disease, but some, like Ebola or Marburg, cause severe disease and death.

VHFs are found around the world. Specific diseases are usually limited to areas where the animals that carry them live. For example, Lassa fever is limited to rural areas of West Africa where rats and mice carry the virus.

The risk for travelers is low, but you should avoid visiting areas where there are disease outbreaks. Because there are no effective treatments for some of these viral infections, there is concern about their use in bioterrorism.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.