ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A54.21
Gonococcal infection of kidney and ureter
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A54.21
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A54 — Gonococcal infection
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A54.21 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of gonococcal infection of kidney and ureter. 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 A54
- A54Gonococcal infection
- A54.0Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract without periurethral or accessory gland abscess
- A54.00Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract, unspecified
- A54.01Gonococcal cystitis and urethritis, unspecified
- A54.02Gonococcal vulvovaginitis, unspecified
- A54.03Gonococcal cervicitis, unspecified
- A54.09Other gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract
- A54.1Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract with periurethral and accessory gland abscess
- A54.2Gonococcal pelviperitonitis and other gonococcal genitourinary infection
- A54.22Gonococcal prostatitis
- A54.23Gonococcal infection of other male genital organs
- A54.24Gonococcal female pelvic inflammatory disease
- A54.29Other gonococcal genitourinary infections
- A54.3Gonococcal infection of eye
- A54.30Gonococcal infection of eye, unspecified
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