A54.39Other gonococcal eye infection

A54.39 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other gonococcal eye infection. It belongs to category A54 (gonococcal infection), block A50-A64 (infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission) and chapter 1 (certain infectious and parasitic diseases). It is billable, so it can be reported on its own for dates of service from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

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

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.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 098.42 (gonococcal endophthalmia) and 098.49 (other gonococcal infection of eye).