ICD-10-CM Codes Browse (Tabular) Diagnostic External Drug Neoplasm

A39.1 – Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

Coding Notes

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Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Applicable To

Meningococcal hemorrhagic adrenalitis

Meningococcic adrenal syndrome

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

036.3

Fs: 00000 – Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, meningococcal

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

DRG 793

FULL TERM NEONATE WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS

DRG 870

SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITH MV >96 HOURS

DRG 871

SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC

DRG 872

SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Adrenalitis, adrenitis E27.8

meningococcal, hemorrhagic A39.1

Apoplexia, apoplexy, apoplectic

adrenal A39.1

Disease, diseased See also Syndrome

Waterhouse-Friderichsen A39.1

Friderichsen-Waterhouse syndrome or disease A39.1

Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9

meningococcal See also condition A39.9

adrenals A39.1

Meningococcus, meningococcal See also condition A39.9

adrenalitis, hemorrhagic A39.1

Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism) A41.9

adrenal hemorrhage syndrome (meningococcal) A39.1

Syndrome See also Disease

adrenal

hemorrhage (meningococcal) A39.1

meningococcic A39.1

Friderichsen-Waterhouse A39.1

septicemic adrenal hemorrhage A39.1

Waterhouse (-Friderichsen) A39.1

Waterhouse (-Friderichsen) syndrome or disease (meningococcal) A39.1

Sibling Codes

A39.0

Meningococcal meningitis

A39.2

Acute meningococcemia

A39.3

Chronic meningococcemia

A39.4

Meningococcemia, unspecified

A39.5

Meningococcal heart disease

A39.8

Other meningococcal infections

A39.9

Meningococcal infection, unspecified

Parent Sibling Codes

View in Tabular

Code	Title
A00-B99	Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
A30-A49	Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
A39	Meningococcal infection
A39.1	Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome Applicable to Meningococcal hemorrhagic adrenalitis Meningococcic adrenal syndrome