B60.8

Other specified protozoal diseases

Billable / specific

B60.8 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

  • Microsporidiosis

Includes (from B60)

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • amebiasis (A06.-) (from B60)
  • other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-) (from B60)
  • cryptosporidiosis (A07.2) (from B60)
  • intestinal microsporidiosis (A07.8) (from B60)
  • isosporiasis (A07.3) (from B60)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from B60)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B60)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B60)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B60)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B60)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-) (from B60)

Also known as

  • Microsporidiosis
  • Disease, diseased, protozoal, specified organism NEC
  • Infection, infected, infective, protozoal NEC, specified NEC
  • Infestation, protozoal NEC, specified NEC
  • Protozoal, disease, specified NEC

Parent code

  • B60Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

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