A39.84 is the authoritative medical code for Postmeningococcal arthritis. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for postmeningococcal arthritis (ICD-10-CM A39.84), 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
Postmeningococcal arthritis is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code A39.84.
Codes in This Family (17)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as A39.84, 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
- A39.51 — Meningococcal endocarditis
- A39.52 — Meningococcal myocarditis
- A39.53 — Meningococcal pericarditis
- A39.8 — Other meningococcal infections
- A39.81 — Meningococcal encephalitis
- A39.82 — Meningococcal retrobulbar neuritis
- A39.83 — Meningococcal arthritis
- A39.89 — Other meningococcal infections
- A39.9 — Meningococcal infection, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (1)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute), postmeningococcal
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