A39.51 is the authoritative medical code for Meningococcal endocarditis. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for meningococcal endocarditis (ICD-10-CM A39.51), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Meningococcal endocarditis is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code A39.51.
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to A39.51 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- A39 — Meningococcal infection
- A39.0 — Meningococcal meningitis
- A39.1 — Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
- A39.2 — Acute meningococcemia
- A39.3 — Chronic meningococcemia
- A39.4 — Meningococcemia, unspecified
- A39.5 — Meningococcal heart disease
- A39.50 — Meningococcal carditis, unspecified
- A39.52 — Meningococcal myocarditis
- A39.53 — Meningococcal pericarditis
View all 17 codes in the A39 family
Indexed Clinical Terms (4)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Disease, diseased, heart (organic), meningococcal, endocarditis
- Endocarditis (chronic) (marantic) (nonbacterial) (thrombotic) (valvular), meningococcal
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), meningococcal, endocardium
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), meningococcal, heart, endocardium