DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

A35 diagnosis code · Billable category · FY2027

A35 Other tetanus

  • Billable
  • MCC
  • POA reported

A35 ICD-10 code: a billable diagnosis code in FY2027; the category has no subdivisions.

CC / MCC
MCC
MS-DRG
791, 793, 867-869
HCC V28
–
POA
Reported
Code Editor
–
Index entries
2

Instructions

At A35

Inclusion terms

  • Tetanus NOS

Excludes1

  • obstetrical tetanus (A34) A34
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33) A33

Notes that also apply

Chapter 1 instructions (Includes 1, Excludes2 5, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 1 page.

Index entries

  • Tetanus, tetanic (cephalic) (convulsions) → A35
  • Radiculomyelitistoxic, due toClostridium tetani → A35

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Medicare grouping and edits

CMS files for A35
CC / MCCMCC
PDX exclusion list0087 (5 codes)
Appendix BMDC 15 Newborns and Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period, MS-DRG 791 (Prematurity with Major Problems…); MDC 15 Newborns and Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period, MS-DRG 793 (Full Term Neonate with Major Problems…); MDC 18 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Systemic or Unspecified Sites, MS-DRG 867-869 (Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses with MCC…)
Code Editor–
POAReported
HCC V28–

MCC as a secondary diagnosis, not when the principal diagnosis is on its PDX exclusion list.

CMS: MS-DRG v44 (Appendix B, C), MCE v44, POA list FY2027, 2027 Initial ICD-10-CM Mappings. What the rows mean.

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