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A39.1 - Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome


The ICD 10 Code for Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is listed as A39.1.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: A39.1
Description: Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
  • Meningococcal hemorrhagic adrenalitis
  • Meningococcic adrenal syndrome
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
870 - Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis W Mv 96+ Hours
871 - Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis W/o Mv 96+ Hours W Mcc
872 - Septicemia Or Severe Sepsis W/o Mv 96+ Hours W/o Mcc
Chapter Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
Parent A39 - Meningococcal infection
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 036.3 - Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, meningococcal
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of A39.1:
A39.0 - Meningococcal meningitis
A39.2 - Acute meningococcemia
A39.3 - Chronic meningococcemia
A39.4 - Meningococcemia, unspecified
A39.5 - Meningococcal heart disease
A39.8 - Other meningococcal infections
A39.9 - Meningococcal infection, unspecified