B72

Dracunculiasis

Billable / specific

B72 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
  • guinea worm infection
  • infection due to Dracunculus medinensis

Excludes2

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

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

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

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

Also known as

  • Arthritis, arthritic, due to or associated with, dracontiasis
  • Arthritis, arthritic, in dracontiasis
  • Dracontiasis
  • Dracunculiasis, dracunculosis
  • Guinea worms
  • Infection, infected, infective, Dracunculus medinensis
  • Infection, infected, infective, guinea worm
  • Infection, infected, infective, Medina
  • Infestation, Dracunculus medinensis
  • Infestation, dragon worm
  • Infestation, filarial, due to Dracunculus medinensis
  • Infestation, filarial, due to guinea worm
  • Infestation, guinea worm
  • Infestation, helminth, intestinal, dracunculiasis
  • Infestation, Medina

Related codes

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  • B66Other fluke infectionsHeader
  • B67EchinococcosisHeader
  • B68TaeniasisHeader
  • B69CysticercosisHeader
  • B70Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosisHeader
  • B71Other cestode infectionsHeader
  • B73OnchocerciasisHeader
  • B74FilariasisHeader
  • B75TrichinellosisBillable
  • B76Hookworm diseasesHeader
  • B77AscariasisHeader
  • B78StrongyloidiasisHeader
  • B79TrichuriasisBillable
  • B80EnterobiasisBillable
  • B81Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • B82Unspecified intestinal parasitismHeader
  • B83Other helminthiasesHeader

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