Cat-scratch disease
Billable / specific
A28.1 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
- Cat-scratch fever
Includes (from A28)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A28)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A28)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A28)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A28)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A28)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Cat-scratch fever
- Cat-scratch, disease or fever
- Disease, diseased, cat-scratch
- Encephalitis, due to cat scratch disease
- Fever, cat-scratch
- Lymphoreticulosis, benign
Parent code
- A28Other zoonotic bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classifiedHeader