ICD-10-CM · Chapter 1 · A00–B99
A84.81
Powassan virus disease
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Quick facts
- Code
- A84.81
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 1 — Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- Category
- A84 — Tick-borne viral encephalitis
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM A84.81 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of powassan virus disease. 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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