Other specified helminthiases
Billable / specific
B83.8 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
- Acanthocephaliasis
- Gongylonemiasis
- Hepatic capillariasis
- Metastrongyliasis
- Thelaziasis
Includes (from B83)
- 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 B83)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B83)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B83)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B83)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B83)
- intestinal capillariasis (B81.1) (from B83)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Acanthocephaliasis
- Gongylonemiasis
- Hepatic capillariasis
- Metastrongyliasis
- Thelaziasis
- Capillariasis, hepatic
- Dioctophyme renalis
- Echinorhynchiasis
- Helminthiasis, specified type NEC
- Infection, infected, infective, Capillaria, hepatica
- Infection, infected, infective, Gongylonema
- Infection, infected, infective, helminths, specified type NEC
- Infection, infected, infective, worms, specified type NEC
- Infestation, Capillaria, hepatica
- Infestation, Gongylonema
- Infestation, helminth, specified type NEC
Parent code
- B83Other helminthiasesHeader