A66.2

What This Code Means

This code describes skin lesions that appear in the early stages of yaws, a tropical infectious disease caused by bacteria. These lesions are different from the primary lesion and represent the spread of infection across the skin.

Coding Tips

• •Verify that the yaws lesions are documented as 'early' stage to distinguish from late manifestations (A66.4-A66.9)
• •Ensure the documentation specifies these are skin lesions rather than other manifestations of yaws, as different body system involvement requires different codes