A54.89 Other gonococcal infections

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

Applicable to

• Gonococcal keratoderma
• Gonococcal lymphadenitis

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 098.81 Gonococcal keratosis (blennorrhagica) (approximate)
• 098.89 Gonococcal infection of other specified sites (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to A54.89

Back-references to A54.89

• Type 1 Excludes: L86 Keratoderma in diseases classified elsewhere ("gonococcal keratoderma (A54.89)")
• Type 1 Excludes: L86 Keratoderma in diseases classified elsewhere ("gonococcal keratosis (A54.89)")
• Type 1 Excludes: L99 Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases classified elsewhere ("skin disorders in gonorrhea (A54.89)")

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 A54.89

• Adenitis › gonorrheal NEC
• Bubo › blennorrhagic (gonococcal)
• Bubo › gonococcal
• Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative) › gonococcal
• Dermatosis › gonococcal
• Gonococcus, gonococcal (disease) (infection) › lymphatic (gland) (node)
• Gonococcus, gonococcal (disease) (infection) › skin
• Gonococcus, gonococcal (disease) (infection) › specified site NEC
• Gonorrhea (acute) (chronic) › specified site not listed
• Keratoderma, keratodermia (congenital) (palmaris et plantaris) (symmetrical) › gonococcal
• Keratoderma, keratodermia (congenital) (palmaris et plantaris) (symmetrical) › gonorrheal
• Keratosis › gonococcal
• Lymphadenitis › gonorrheal

Nearby codes

• A54.82 Gonococcal brain abscess
• A54.83 Gonococcal heart infection
• A54.84 Gonococcal pneumonia
• A54.85 Gonococcal peritonitis
• A54.86 Gonococcal sepsis
• A54.89 Other gonococcal infections (this code)
• A54.9 Gonococcal infection, unspecified