ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A38.1
Scarlet fever with myocarditis
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A38.1
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A38 — Scarlet fever
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A38.1 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of scarlet fever with myocarditis. 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.
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