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A69.1 ICD-10-CM Code: Other Vincent's infections

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Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Official instructions
7 inclusion terms · 2 Excludes2

What these terms mean →

Billable · FY2027A valid, specific ICD-10-CM code, reportable for dates of service in FY2027.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too, and is marked with where it comes from.

Excludes2from A65-A69Not included here; may be reported together
  • leptospirosis (A27.-)
  • syphilis (A50-A53)
IncludesWhat this code covers
  • Fusospirochetal pharyngitis
  • Necrotizing ulcerative (acute) gingivitis
  • Necrotizing ulcerative (acute) gingivostomatitis
  • Spirochetal stomatitis

+3 more in Instructions

Where it sits Source: CMS/NCHS

Under:Chapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic DiseasesA65-A69 Other spirochetal diseasesA69 Other spirochetal infections

Most relevant related codes MedCoder-derived

Read off the official notes above and this code’s own position in the tabular list. Which to report is a documentation question; Compare shows the two side by side.

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Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 011 — TRACHEOSTOMY FOR FACE, MOUTH AND NECK DIAGNOSES OR LARYNGECTOMY WITH MCC (MDC PRE)
  • MS-DRG 012 — TRACHEOSTOMY FOR FACE, MOUTH AND NECK DIAGNOSES OR LARYNGECTOMY WITH CC (MDC PRE)
  • MS-DRG 013 — TRACHEOSTOMY FOR FACE, MOUTH AND NECK DIAGNOSES OR LARYNGECTOMY WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC PRE)
  • MS-DRG 152 — OTITIS MEDIA AND URI WITH MCC (MDC 03)
  • MS-DRG 153 — OTITIS MEDIA AND URI WITHOUT MCC (MDC 03)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for A69.1 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on A69.1 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Fusospirochetal pharyngitis
  • Necrotizing ulcerative (acute) gingivitis
  • Necrotizing ulcerative (acute) gingivostomatitis
  • Spirochetal stomatitis
  • Trench mouth
  • Vincent's angina
  • Vincent's gingivitis

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Source: inherited from A65-A69

Coder workflow for A69.1

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code A69.1

  1. “Other” (NEC) means the condition is specified in the record but no dedicated code captures it. Confirm the documented form is not one a sibling code names before settling on A69.1; if the record states no specifics at all, the unspecified sibling applies instead. “Other” codes are for documented conditions the classification gives no specific code; “unspecified” codes are for records lacking the detail (Guidelines I.A.9.a, I.A.9.b).

    ReviewA69.0, A69.2

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes2 — not part of A69.1(2 notes)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in A69.1. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareA27

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse A69.1 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of A69.1 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

  • A69.9— Specificity relationship (Review)

    Overlapping diagnoses in the same category.

    Overlapping codes in the same category — the documentation decides which is the more specific fit.

    What moves you there: A record that documents no more than “Spirochetal infection, unspecified” takes A69.9; specificity in the record moves it back here.

    Full comparison: A69.1 vs A69.9 →

  • A27— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of leptospirosis adds A27; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: A69.1 vs A27 →

  • A50— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of syphilis adds A50; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: A69.1 vs A50 →

  • A53— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of syphilis adds A53; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: A69.1 vs A53 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Other Vincent's infections is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (A69.1).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Verify Before Coding

  • CC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2027). Can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name A69.1 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 3 Excludes1 notes across 2 chapters: J03.8 — Acute tonsillitis due to other specified organisms, K05.0 — Acute gingivitis, K12.1 — Other forms of stomatitis.

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: CC — Complication or Comorbidity. Reported as a secondary diagnosis, this code raises the stay's MS-DRG severity tier — except when the principal diagnosis is one of 1 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list.

Named in the grouper logic of 5 MS-DRGs: DRG 011 (MDC PRE), DRG 012 (MDC PRE), DRG 013 (MDC PRE), DRG 152 (MDC 03), DRG 153 (MDC 03).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):INF009 — Parasitic, other specified and unspecified infections (default); DEN001 — Any dental condition including traumatic injury; DEN002 — Nontraumatic dental conditions.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical categories (Parasitic, other specified and unspecified infections, Any dental condition including traumatic injury, Nontraumatic dental conditions).

A66.9 — Yaws, unspecified, A67.0 — Primary lesions of pinta, A67.1 — Intermediate lesions of pinta, A67.2 — Late lesions of pinta, A67.3 — Mixed lesions of pinta, A67.9 — Pinta, unspecified, A68.0 — Louse-borne relapsing fever, A68.1 — Tick-borne relapsing fever, A68.9 — Relapsing fever, unspecified, A69.0 — Necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis, A69.20 — Lyme disease, unspecified, A69.21 — Meningitis due to Lyme disease, A69.22 — Other neurologic disorders in Lyme disease, A69.23 — Arthritis due to Lyme disease, A69.29 — Other conditions associated with Lyme disease, A69.8 — Other specified spirochetal infections, A69.9 — Spirochetal infection, unspecified, A75.0 — Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii, A75.1 — Recrudescent typhus [Brill's disease], A75.2 — Typhus fever due to Rickettsia typhi, +867 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “Trench”, “Stomatitis”, “Pharyngitis”, …; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

A18.01 — Tuberculosis of spine (vertebra, tuberculous), A36.0 — Pharyngeal diphtheria (diphtheritic), A36.2 — Laryngeal diphtheria (diphtheritic), A36.89 — Other diphtheritic complications (diphtheritic), A48.0 — Gas gangrene (gas), A50.03 — Early congenital syphilitic pharyngitis (syphilitic, congenital), A50.59 — Other late congenital syphilis, symptomatic (syphilitic, congenital), A52.73 — Symptomatic late syphilis of other respiratory organs (syphilitic), A54.5 — Gonococcal pharyngitis (gonococcal), A56.4 — Chlamydial infection of pharynx (chlamydial), A79.0 — Trench fever (fever), A93.8 — Other specified arthropod-borne viral fevers (vesicular, virus disease), B00.2 — Herpesviral gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis (herpesviral), B08.4 — Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem (vesicular, with exanthem), B08.5 — Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis (aphthous), B08.61 — Bovine stomatitis (bovine), B08.8 — Other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (epidemic), B37.0 — Candidal stomatitis (mycotic), B48.3 — Geotrichosis (Geotrichum), D73.5 — Infarction of spleen (spleen), +110 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of A69.1 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

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Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • Pre-MDC[MDC crossing]: “Pre-MDC — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 175 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027
  • MDC 03 — Diseases and Disorders of the Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Ear, Nose, Mouth and Throat — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 5,151 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Index entries (24)

  • Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor), membranous, Vincent's[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor), pseudomembranous[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor), Vincent's[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Fusospirillosis (mouth) (tongue) (tonsil)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Gangrene, gangrenous (connective tissue) (dropsical) (dry) (moist) (skin) (ulcer), pharynx, Vincent's[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Gangrene, gangrenous (connective tissue) (dropsical) (dry) (moist) (skin) (ulcer), throat, Vincent's[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Gingivitis, acute (catarrhal), necrotizing[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Gingivitis, necrotizing ulcerative (acute)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • and 16 more

Nearest codes (10)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Indexed Clinical Terms (24)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder editorial explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 28, 2026 · All releases and sources

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MedCoder.ai. "A69.1 — Other Vincent's infections." ICD-10-CM FY2027. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/a69.1-other-vincents-infections

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Other Vincent's infections

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to A69.1 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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