Visceral leishmaniasis
Billable / specific
B55.0 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
- Kala-azar
- Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis
Includes (from B55)
- 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 B55)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B55)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B55)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B55)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B55)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Kala-azar
- Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis
- Assam fever
- Burdwan fever
- Disease, diseased, Sirkari's
- Dumdum fever
- Dysentery, dysenteric, leishmanial
- Fever, Assam
- Fever, Burdwan
- Infection, infected, infective, Leishmania, chagasi
- Infection, infected, infective, Leishmania, donovani
- Infection, infected, infective, Leishmania, infantum
- Leishmaniasis, dermal, post-kala-azar
- Leishmaniasis, infantile
- Leishmaniasis, Mediterranean
- Leishmaniasis, visceral
Parent code
- B55LeishmaniasisHeader