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A46 – Erysipelas

Overview

Coding Notes

Active
Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Type 1 Excludes

postpartum or puerperal erysipelas (O86.89)

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

Fs: 00000 – Erysipelas

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

CELLULITIS WITH MCC
CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) M19.90
due to or associated with
erysipelas See also category M01 A46
Erysipelas (gangrenous) (infantile) (newborn) (phlegmonous) (suppurative) A46
external ear A46
Otitis (acute) H66.90
externa H60.9-
in (due to)
erysipelas A46

Sibling Codes

Streptococcal sepsis
Other sepsis
Actinomycosis
Nocardiosis
Bartonellosis
Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified
Bacterial infection of unspecified site

View in Tabular

Code Title
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
A30-A49 Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
A46 Erysipelas
Type 1 Excludes
postpartum or puerperal erysipelas (O86.89)