Other specified intestinal helminthiases
Billable / specific
B81.8 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
- Infection due to Oesophagostomum species [esophagostomiasis]
- Infection due to Ternidens diminutus [ternidensiasis]
Includes (from B81)
- 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 B81)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B81)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B81)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B81)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B81)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Infection due to Oesophagostomum species [esophagostomiasis]
- Infection due to Ternidens diminutus [ternidensiasis]
- Esophagostomiasis
- Helminthiasis, intestinal, specified type NEC
- Infection, infected, infective, helminths, intestinal, specified type NEC
- Infection, infected, infective, Oesophagostomum
- Infection, infected, infective, Ternidens diminutus
- Infestation, nematode NEC, specified NEC
- Infestation, Oesophagostomum
- Infestation, Ternidens diminutus
- Physalopteriasis
- Ternidens diminutus infestation
- Ternidensiasis
Parent code
- B81Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classifiedHeader