Brucellosis, unspecified
Billable / specific
A23.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from A23)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
- Malta fever
- Mediterranean fever
- undulant fever
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A23)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A23)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A23)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A23)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A23)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Brucellosis
- Brucellosis, dermatitis
- Brucellosis, sepsis
- Disorder, tubulo-interstitial, brucellosis
- Fever, Malta
- Fever, Mediterranean
- Infection, infected, infective, Brucella
- Nephritis, nephritic, tubulo-interstitial, due to brucellosis
- Pyelonephritis, in brucellosis
- Sepsis, Brucella
- Spondylitis, in brucellosis
- Spondylitis, in brucellosis, cervical region
- Spondylitis, in brucellosis, cervicothoracic region
- Spondylitis, in brucellosis, lumbar region
- Spondylitis, in brucellosis, lumbosacral region
Parent code
- A23BrucellosisHeader