A24

Non-Billable

ChapterA00–B99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Glanders and melioidosis

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99).

CH1 Parent Instructions

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1(Not coded here)

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes2(Not included here)

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)

Use Additional Code

code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH1Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

A20-A28Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases (A20-A28)

A24Glanders and melioidosis

A24.0Glanders

A24.1Acute and fulminating melioidosis

A24.2Subacute and chronic melioidosis

A24.3Other melioidosis

A24.9Melioidosis, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to A24:

chapterCH1

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to A24. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths

Actinobacillosis, actinobacillus1 unique routes

mallei→A24

Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute)1 unique routes

due to or associated with

glanders→A24

Bacillus1 unique routes

mallei infection→A24

Burkholderia1 unique routes

mallei→A24

Equinia1 unique routes

Direct index entry→A24