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A39.83

Meningococcal arthritis

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 2
A00-B99chapter
Includes
  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Use additional code
  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)Z16.-
Index entries leading here 2
  • Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) M19.90
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
Alongside this code 4 same parent — A39.8
A39.81 Meningococcal encephalitis A39.82 Meningococcal retrobulbar neuritis A39.84 Postmeningococcal arthritis A39.89 Other meningococcal infections
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

CMS22HCC39 CMS28HCC92 ESRD21HCC39 ESRD24HCC39

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
A39.8
Block
A30-A49
Siblings
4

Present FY2024–FY2027.