Diagnosis Code

A96.8 OTHER ARENAVIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: A96.8

Short Description: Other arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers

Long Description: Other arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers

The code A96.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral hemorrhagic fevers (A90-A99)
      • Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever (A96)
        • A96.8 Other arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever
  • Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever
  • Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever
  • Chapare hemorrhagic fever
  • Infection caused by Chapare virus
  • Infection caused by Guanarito virus
  • Infection caused by Lujo virus
  • Infection caused by Sabia virus
  • Lujo hemorrhagic fever
  • South American hemorrhagic fever
  • Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code A96.8 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Viral Illness With Mcc (865)
  • Viral Illness Without Mcc (866)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
A96.8 Right Arrow 078.7 Arenaviral hem fever

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
A96 Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever
A96.0 Junin hemorrhagic fever
A96.1 Machupo hemorrhagic fever
A96.2 Lassa fever
A96.9 Arenaviral hemorrhagic fever, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023