Unspecified viral hepatitis without hepatic coma
Billable / specific
B19.9 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
- Viral hepatitis NOS
Includes (from B19)
- 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 B19)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B19)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B19)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B19)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B19)
- cytomegaloviral hepatitis (B25.1) (from B19)
- herpesviral [herpes simplex] hepatitis (B00.81) (from B19)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Viral hepatitis NOS
- Arthropathy, in viral hepatitisNEC
- Arthropathy, postinfectious NEC, in viral hepatitis NEC
- Hepatitis, viral, virus
Parent code
- B19Unspecified viral hepatitisHeader