Chancroid
Billable / specific
A57 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Applicable to
- Ulcus molle
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Also known as
- Ulcus molle
- Abscess, phagedenic NOS, chancroid
- Adenitis, chancroid
- Balanitis, due to Haemophilus ducreyi
- Bubo, chancroidal
- Bubo, due to Haemophilus ducreyi
- Bubo, inguinal, chancroidal
- Bubo, inguinal, due to H. ducreyi
- Bubo, soft chancre
- Bubo, virulent
- Chancre, ducreyi
- Chancre, Ducrey's
- Chancre, Nisbet's
- Chancre, phagedenic
- Chancre, simple
- Chancre, soft
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