ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A49.1
Streptococcal infection, unspecified site
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A49.1
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A49 — Bacterial infection of unspecified site
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A49.1 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of streptococcal infection, unspecified site. 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 A49
- A49Bacterial infection of unspecified site
- A49.0Staphylococcal infection, unspecified site
- A49.01Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection, unspecified site
- A49.02Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, unspecified site
- A49.2Hemophilus influenzae infection, unspecified site
- A49.3Mycoplasma infection, unspecified site
- A49.8Other bacterial infections of unspecified site
- A49.9Bacterial infection, unspecified
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