ICD-10 code for eye gonococcus

The ICD-10-CM code for eye gonococcus is A54.30 (Gonococcal infection of eye, unspecified). The official index lists 5 more specific codes, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on A54.30.

Within A54.3, choose A54.30 (unspecified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: gonococcal conjunctivitis (A54.31), gonococcal iridocyclitis (A54.32), gonococcal keratitis (A54.33) and other gonococcal eye infection (A54.39).

As a secondary diagnosis it is a CC (complication or comorbidity), which can move an inpatient stay into the "with CC" MS-DRG of its family, unless the principal diagnosis excludes it.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 124 (Other Disorders of the Eye with MCC or Thrombolytic Agent, relative weight 1.2471) and DRG 125 (Other Disorders of the Eye without MCC, relative weight 0.7702), in MDC 02 (Diseases and Disorders of the Eye), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.