Cutaneous mycobacterial infection
Billable / specific
A31.1 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
- Buruli ulcer
- Infection due to Mycobacterium marinum
- Infection due to Mycobacterium ulcerans
Includes (from A31)
- 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 A31)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A31)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A31)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A31)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A31)
- leprosy (A30.-) (from A31)
- tuberculosis (A15-A19) (from A31)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Buruli ulcer
- Infection due to Mycobacterium marinum
- Infection due to Mycobacterium ulcerans
- Disease, diseased, swimming-pool granuloma
- Granuloma, swimming pool
- Infection, infected, infective, Bacillus, swimming pool
- Infection, infected, infective, swimming pool bacillus
- Mycobacterium, mycobacterial, atypical, cutaneous
- Mycobacterium, mycobacterial, balnei
- Mycobacterium, mycobacterial, cutaneous
- Mycobacterium, mycobacterial, luciflavum
- Mycobacterium, mycobacterial, marinum
- Mycobacterium, mycobacterial, ulcerans
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, Buruli
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, mycobacterial
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, skin, mycobacterial
Parent code
- A31Infection due to other mycobacteriaHeader