ICD-10 Code for Typhoid
Also indexed as (abortive) (ambulant) (any site) (clinical) (fever) (hemorrhagic) (infection) (intermittent) (malignant) (rheumatic) (Widal negative)
The ICD-10-CM code for typhoid is A01.00 — Typhoid fever, unspecified. This is the code the Alphabetic Index gives for typhoid with no further qualifier, valid for FY2027 (October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027).
A01.00 is billable but unspecified. If the documentation names a type, site or cause, one of the more specific codes below is likely expected.
Which typhoid code should you use?
The Alphabetic Index lists 8 codes under Typhoid. Which one applies depends on the qualifier documented in the record — the type, site, cause, or associated condition. Find the qualifier below, then verify the code in the Tabular List before using it.
By type
| with pneumonia | A01.03 | Typhoid pneumonia | |
| abdominal | A01.09 | Typhoid fever with other complications | |
| arthritis | A01.04 | Typhoid arthritis | |
| carrierof | Z22.0 | Carrier of typhoid | |
| cholecystitis | A01.09 | Typhoid fever with other complications | |
| endocarditis | A01.02 | Typhoid fever with heart involvement | |
| heart involvement | A01.02 | Typhoid fever with heart involvement | |
| meningitis | A01.01 | Typhoid meningitis | |
| mesenteric lymph nodes | A01.09 | Typhoid fever with other complications | |
| myocarditis | A01.02 | Typhoid fever with heart involvement | |
| osteomyelitis | A01.05 | Typhoid osteomyelitis | |
| perichondritis, larynx | A01.09 | Typhoid fever with other complications | |
| pneumonia | A01.03 | Typhoid pneumonia | |
| spine | A01.05 | Typhoid osteomyelitis | |
| specified NEC | A01.09 | Typhoid fever with other complications | |
| ulcer | A01.09 | Typhoid fever with other complications |
Index terms and codes are reproduced from the official ICD-10-CM FY2027 release. The Alphabetic Index is a finding aid — a code must always be verified in the Tabular List before it is reported. Data sources