ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A37.10
Whooping cough due to Bordetella parapertussis without pneumonia
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A37.10
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A37 — Whooping cough
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A37.10 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of whooping cough due to bordetella parapertussis without pneumonia. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in A37
- A37Whooping cough
- A37.0Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis
- A37.00Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis without pneumonia
- A37.01Whooping cough due to Bordetella pertussis with pneumonia
- A37.1Whooping cough due to Bordetella parapertussis
- A37.11Whooping cough due to Bordetella parapertussis with pneumonia
- A37.8Whooping cough due to other Bordetella species
- A37.80Whooping cough due to other Bordetella species without pneumonia
- A37.81Whooping cough due to other Bordetella species with pneumonia
- A37.9Whooping cough, unspecified species
- A37.90Whooping cough, unspecified species without pneumonia
- A37.91Whooping cough, unspecified species with pneumonia
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