A54.1 Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract with periurethral and accessory gland abscess

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

Applicable to

• Gonococcal Bartholin's gland abscess

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 727-728 in MDC 12.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 098.0 Gonococcal infection (acute) of lower genitourinary tract (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A54.1

Back-references to A54.1

• Type 1 Excludes: A54.0 Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract without periurethral or accessory gland abscess ("gonococcal infection with genitourinary gland abscess (A54.1)")
• Type 1 Excludes: A54.0 Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract without periurethral or accessory gland abscess ("gonococcal infection with periurethral abscess (A54.1)")

Back-references to A54

• Type 2 Excludes: N34 Urethritis and urethral syndrome ("urethritis in diseases with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)")

Diagnosis Index entries for A54.1

• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › penis › gonococcal (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › periurethral › gonococcal (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Bartholinitis (suppurating) › gonococcal (acute) (chronic) (with abscess)
• Gonococcus, gonococcal (disease) (infection) › genitourinary (organ) (system) (tract) (acute) › lower › with abscess (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Gonococcus, gonococcal (disease) (infection) › urethra (acute) (chronic) › with abscess (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Gonorrhea (acute) (chronic) › Bartholin's gland (acute) (chronic) (purulent) › with abscess (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Gonorrhea (acute) (chronic) › Cowper's gland (with abscess)
• Gonorrhea (acute) (chronic) › lower genitourinary tract › with abscess (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Gonorrhea (acute) (chronic) › urethra › with abscess (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Paraurethritis › gonococcal (acute) (chronic) (with abscess)
• Urethritis (anterior) (posterior) › diplococcal (gonococcal) › with abscess (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Urethritis (anterior) (posterior) › gonococcal › with abscess (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Vaginitis (acute) (circumscribed) (diffuse) (emphysematous) (nonvenereal) (ulcerative) › gonococcal › with abscess (accessory gland) (periurethral)
• Vulvitis (acute) (allergic) (atrophic) (hypertrophic) (intertriginous) (senile) › gonococcal › with abscess (accessory gland) (periurethral)

Nearby codes

• A54.00 Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract, unspecified
• A54.01 Gonococcal cystitis and urethritis, unspecified
• A54.02 Gonococcal vulvovaginitis, unspecified
• A54.03 Gonococcal cervicitis, unspecified
• A54.09 Other gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract
• A54.1 Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract with periurethral and accessory gland abscess (this code)
• A54.2 Gonococcal pelviperitonitis and other gonococcal genitourinary infection
• A54.21 Gonococcal infection of kidney and ureter
• A54.22 Gonococcal prostatitis
• A54.23 Gonococcal infection of other male genital organs
• A54.24 Gonococcal female pelvic inflammatory disease