ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A39.52
Meningococcal myocarditis
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A39.52
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A39 — Meningococcal infection
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A39.52 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of meningococcal 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.
Related codes in A39
- A39Meningococcal infection
- A39.0Meningococcal meningitis
- A39.1Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
- A39.2Acute meningococcemia
- A39.3Chronic meningococcemia
- A39.4Meningococcemia, unspecified
- A39.5Meningococcal heart disease
- A39.50Meningococcal carditis, unspecified
- A39.51Meningococcal endocarditis
- A39.53Meningococcal pericarditis
- A39.8Other meningococcal infections
- A39.81Meningococcal encephalitis
- A39.82Meningococcal retrobulbar neuritis
- A39.83Meningococcal arthritis
- A39.84Postmeningococcal arthritis
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