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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2021 Issue 4; ICD-10-CM New/Revised Codes

Anaplasmosis

Subcategory A79.8 Other specified rickettsioses, was expanded and code A79.82, Anaplasmosis [A. phagocytophilum], has been created to specifically identify this disease.Anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease caused by the bite of an infected tick, mostly the blacklegged tick or deer tick (lxodes scapularis) and the western blacklegged tick (lxodes pacificus). It is important to note Ixodes ticks are commonly coinfected with other organisms and can transmit Lyme disease, Babesia, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, and Powassan virus. In rare cases, anaplasmosis can spread by blood transfusions. Early signs and symptoms usually occur one to five days after an infected tick...

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