Pulmonary anthrax
Billable / specific
A22.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Inhalation anthrax
- Ragpicker's disease
- Woolsorter's disease
Includes (from A22)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
- infection due to Bacillus anthracis
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A22)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A22)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A22)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A22)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A22)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Inhalation anthrax
- Ragpicker's disease
- Woolsorter's disease
- Anthrax, with pneumonia
- Anthrax, inhalation
- Anthrax, pulmonary
- Anthrax, respiratory
- Disease, diseased, ragpicker's or ragsorter's
- Disease, diseased, woolsorter's
- Inhalation, anthrax
- Pneumonia, anthrax
- Pneumonia, in anthrax
- Pneumonia, in Bacillus anthracis
- Ragsorter's disease
Parent code
- A22AnthraxHeader