Trichuriasis
Billable / specific
B79 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
- trichocephaliasis
- whipworm (disease)(infection)
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
- Diarrhea, diarrheal, due to Trichuris trichiuria
- Disease, diseased, whipworm
- Infection, infected, infective, Trichuris
- Infection, infected, infective, whipworm
- Infestation, helminth, intestinal, trichuriasis
- Infestation, nematode NEC, trichuris
- Infestation, Trichocephalus
- Infestation, Trichuris
- Infestation, whipworm
- Prolapse, prolapsed, rectum, due to trichuris trichuria
- Trichocephaliasis, trichocephalosis
- Trichocephalus infestation
- Trichuris trichiura
- Whipworm
Related codes
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- B68TaeniasisHeader
- B69CysticercosisHeader
- B70Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosisHeader
- B71Other cestode infectionsHeader
- B72DracunculiasisBillable
- B73OnchocerciasisHeader
- B74FilariasisHeader
- B75TrichinellosisBillable
- B76Hookworm diseasesHeader
- B77AscariasisHeader
- B78StrongyloidiasisHeader
- B80EnterobiasisBillable
- B81Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- B82Unspecified intestinal parasitismHeader
- B83Other helminthiasesHeader