Hepatitis A without hepatic coma
Billable / specific
B15.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Hepatitis A (acute)(viral) NOS
Includes (from B15)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from B15)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B15)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B15)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B15)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B15)
- cytomegaloviral hepatitis (B25.1) (from B15)
- herpesviral [herpes simplex] hepatitis (B00.81) (from B15)
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Also known as
- Hepatitis A (acute)(viral) NOS
- Catarrh, catarrhal, liver
- Hepatitis, catarrhal
- Hepatitis, epidemic
- Hepatitis, infectious, infective
- Hepatitis, viral, virus, type, A
- Icterus, infectious
- Jaundice, catarrhal
- Jaundice, epidemic
- Jaundice, febrile
- Jaundice, infectious