Active stage of trachoma
Billable / specific
A71.1 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
- Granular conjunctivitis (trachomatous)
- Trachomatous follicular conjunctivitis
- Trachomatous pannus
Includes (from A71)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
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.-) (from A71)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A71)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A71)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A71)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A71)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Granular conjunctivitis (trachomatous)
- Trachomatous follicular conjunctivitis
- Trachomatous pannus
- ConjunctivitisNOS, chlamydial, due to trachoma
- ConjunctivitisNOS, granular
- ConjunctivitisNOS, trachomatous
- Contraction, contracture, contracted, conjunctiva, trachomatous, active
- Dacryocystitis, trachomatous, active
- Keratitis, trachomatous
- Ophthalmia, Egyptian
- Pannus, trachomatosus, trachomatous
- Trachoma, trachomatous, active
- Trachoma, trachomatous, contraction of conjunctiva
- Trachoma, trachomatous, pannus
Parent code
- A71TrachomaHeader