Diagnosis Code

B81.8 OTHER SPECIFIED INTESTINAL HELMINTHIASES


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: B81.8

Short Description: Other specified intestinal helminthiases

Long Description: Other specified intestinal helminthiases

The code B81.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Helminthiases (B65-B83)
      • Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified (B81)
        • B81.8 Other specified intestinal helminthiases

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Disease due to family Syngamidae
  • Disease due to superfamily Heterakoidea
  • Disease due to superfamily Heterocheiloidea
  • Disease due to superfamily Rhabdiasoidea
  • Disease due to superfamily Rhabditoidea
  • Disease due to superfamily Spiruroidea
  • Disease due to superfamily Syphacioidea
  • Infection by Bunostomum
  • Infection by Bunostomum phlebotomum
  • Infection by Bunostomum trigonocephalum
  • Infection by Globocephalus
  • Infection by Globocephalus urosubulatus
  • Infection by Lagochilascaris
  • Infection by Mammomonogamus
  • Infection by Neoascaris
  • Infection by Neoascaris vitulorum
  • Infection by Nippostrongylus
  • Infection by Oesophagostomum
  • Infection by Oesophagostomum apiostomum
  • Infection by Oesophagostomum columbianum
  • Infection by Oesophagostomum dentatum
  • Infection by Oesophagostomum stephanostomum
  • Infection by Parascaris
  • Infection by Physaloptera
  • Infection by Physaloptera mordens
  • Infection by Pneumocaulus
  • Infection by Pneumostrongylus
  • Infection caused by Oesophagostomum radiatum
  • Infection due to Toxascaris
  • Ternideniasis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code B81.8 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders With Mcc (391)
  • Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders Without Mcc (392)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code B81.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Infection due to Oesophagostomum species [esophagostomiasis]
    • Infection due to Ternidens diminutus [ternidensiasis]

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
B81.8 Right Arrow 127.7 Intest helminthiasis NEC

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
B81 Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified
B81.0 Anisakiasis
B81.1 Intestinal capillariasis
B81.2 Trichostrongyliasis
B81.3 Intestinal angiostrongyliasis
B81.4 Mixed intestinal helminthiases


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