Diagnosis Code

B15.9 HEPATITIS A WITHOUT HEPATIC COMA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: B15.9

Short Description: Hepatitis A without hepatic coma

Long Description: Hepatitis A without hepatic coma

The code B15.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
      • Acute hepatitis A (B15)
        • B15.9 Hepatitis A without hepatic coma

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute fulminating type A viral hepatitis
  • Acute fulminating viral hepatitis
  • Acute type A viral hepatitis
  • Acute viral hepatitis
  • Acute viral hepatitis
  • Anicteric type A viral hepatitis
  • Anicteric viral hepatitis
  • Relapsing type A viral hepatitis
  • Relapsing viral hepatitis
  • Viral hepatitis A without hepatic coma
  • Viral hepatitis A without hepatic coma, without hepatitis delta
  • Viral hepatitis, type A

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code B15.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Disorders Of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis Or Alcoholic Hepatitis With Mcc (441)
  • Disorders Of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis Or Alcoholic Hepatitis With Cc (442)
  • Disorders Of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis Or Alcoholic Hepatitis Without Cc/mcc (443)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code B15.9 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Hepatitis A (acute)(viral) NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
B15.9 Right Arrow 070.1 Hepatitis A w/o coma

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
B15 Acute hepatitis A
B15.0 Hepatitis A with hepatic coma


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023