Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 025
Melioidosis
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 025 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 025 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 025 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A24.3 Other melioidosis
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A24.9 Melioidosis, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute and fulminating melioidosis
  • Subacute and chronic melioidosis
Applies To
  • Infection by:
    • Malleomyces pseudomallei
    • Pseudomonas pseudomallei
    • Whitmore's bacillus
  • Pseudoglanders
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 025:
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Stanton's (melioidosis) 025
    • Whitmore's (melioidosis) 025
  • Fever 780.60
    • Whitmore's 025
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • Loefflerella
      • mallei 024
      • whitmori 025
    • Malleomyces
      • mallei 024
      • pseudomallei 025
    • melioidosis 025
    • Whitmore's bacillus 025
  • Melioidosis 025
  • Pneumoenteritis 025
  • Pseudocholera 025
  • Pseudoglanders 025
  • Stanton's disease (melioidosis) 025
  • Whitmore's disease or fever (melioidosis) 025
ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions. ICD-9-CM 025 is one of thousands of ICD-9-CM codes used in healthcare. Although ICD-9-CM and CPT codes are largely numeric, they differ in that CPT codes describe medical procedures and services. Can't find a code? Start at the root of ICD-9-CM, check the 2015 ICD-9-CM Index or use the search engine at the top of this page to lookup any code.