A80
ICD-10Non-billable categoryAcute poliomyelitis
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Acute poliomyelitis
A80 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- acute flaccid myelitis (G04.82)
More specific codes under A80
- A80.0Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associated
- A80.1Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, imported
- A80.2Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, indigenous
- A80.3Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, other and unspecifiedcategory
- A80.4Acute nonparalytic poliomyelitis
- A80.9Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.