Gambiense trypanosomiasis
Billable / specific
B56.0 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
- Infection due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
- West African sleeping sickness
Includes (from B56)
- 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 B56)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B56)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B56)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B56)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B56)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Infection due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
- West African sleeping sickness
- African, trypanosomiasis, gambian
- Infection, infected, infective, Trypanosoma, brucei, gambiense
- Sickness, sleeping, Gambian
- Sickness, sleeping, West African
- Trypanosomiasis, African, by Trypanosoma brucei, gambiense
- Trypanosomiasis, by Trypanosoma, brucei gambiense
- Trypanosomiasis, gambiensis, Gambian
Parent code
- B56African trypanosomiasisHeader