Diagnosis Code

B99.8 OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: B99.8

Short Description: Other infectious disease

Long Description: Other infectious disease

The code B99.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Other infectious diseases (B99)
      • Other and unspecified infectious diseases (B99)
        • B99.8 Other infectious disease

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Dermatosis due to algae
  • Dust-borne infectious disease
  • Infection - non-suppurative
  • Infection - suppurative
  • Infection by algae
  • Infection by Oomycota
  • Infection by Prototheca segbwema
  • Infection by Prototheca wickerhamii
  • Infection by Prototheca zopfi
  • Infection due to chordate
  • Infection of cranial nerve
  • Infectious disease due to plant
  • Infectious disease due to plant
  • Infectious disease due to plant
  • Infectious disease due to plant
  • Infectious disease due to plant
  • Mucopyocele
  • Protothecosis
  • Protothecosis
  • Protothecosis
  • Protothecosis
  • Protothecosis of skin

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code B99.8 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Other Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses With Mcc (867)
  • Other Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses With Cc (868)
  • Other Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses Without Cc/mcc (869)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
B99.8 Right Arrow 136.8 Infect/parasite dis 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
B99 Other and unspecified infectious diseases
B99.9 Unspecified infectious disease


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