A80
Acute poliomyelitis
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 never code together
A80-A89block
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
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No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Subordinate codes 6
A80.0 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associated A80.1 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, imported A80.2 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, indigenous A80.3 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, other and unspecified A80.4 Acute nonparalytic poliomyelitis A80.9 Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified
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