Chlamydia psittaci infections
Billable / specific
A70 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
- Ornithosis
- Parrot fever
- Psittacosis
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)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Also known as
- Ornithosis
- Parrot fever
- Psittacosis
- Chlamydia, chlamydial, psittaci
- Fever, parrot
- Infection, infected, infective, Chlamydia, chlamydial, psittaci
- Pneumonia, in ornithosis
- Pneumonia, in psittacosis
- Pneumonia, psittacosis