A80 Acute poliomyelitis

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Codes under this one

A80.0 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associated
A80.1 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, imported
A80.2 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, indigenous
A80.3 Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, other and unspecifiedHeader
A80.4 Acute nonparalytic poliomyelitis
A80.9 Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified

Instructional notes

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
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)

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

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Section A80-A89

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.

postpolio syndrome (G14)
sequelae of poliomyelitis (B91)
sequelae of viral encephalitis (B94.1)

This code

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.

acute flaccid myelitis (G04.82)

Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases · A80-A89 Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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