A24.1 Acute and fulminating melioidosis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Melioidosis pneumonia
• Melioidosis sepsis

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 867-869 in MDC 18.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 025 Melioidosis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A24.1

Back-references to A24.1

• Type 2 Excludes: A41 Other sepsis ("sepsis (due to) (in) melioidosis (A24.1)")

Diagnosis Index entries for A24.1

• Melioidosis › acute
• Melioidosis › fulminating
• Melioidosis › pneumonia
• Melioidosis › pulmonary (chronic) › acute
• Melioidosis › sepsis
• Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) › in (due to) › Pseudomonas NEC › pseudomallei
• Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism) › melioidosis

Nearby codes

• A24 Glanders and melioidosis
• A24.0 Glanders
• A24.1 Acute and fulminating melioidosis (this code)
• A24.2 Subacute and chronic melioidosis
• A24.3 Other melioidosis
• A24.9 Melioidosis, unspecified