B17.9 ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS, UNSPECIFIED

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: B17.9
  • Short Description: Acute viral hepatitis, unspecified
  • Long Description: Acute viral hepatitis, unspecified
  • Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code B17.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

Synonyms

  • Acute focal hepatitis
  • Acute fulminating viral hepatitis
  • Acute hepatic failure
  • Acute hepatic failure caused by hepatitis virus
  • Acute hepatitis
  • Acute infectious hepatitis
  • Acute viral hepatitis
  • Acute viral hepatitis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code B17.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) MS-DRG V42.0

  1. Disorders Of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis Or Alcoholic Hepatitis With Mcc (441)
  2. Disorders Of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis Or Alcoholic Hepatitis With Cc (442)
  3. Disorders Of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis Or Alcoholic Hepatitis Without Cc/mcc (443)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code B17.9 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Acute hepatitis NOS
    • Acute infectious hepatitis NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
B17.9 Right Arrow 070.9 Viral hepat NOS 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
B17 Other acute viral hepatitis
B17.0 Acute delta-(super) infection of hepatitis B carrier
B17.1 Acute hepatitis C
B17.10 Acute hepatitis C without hepatic coma
B17.11 Acute hepatitis C with hepatic coma
B17.2 Acute hepatitis E
B17.8 Other specified acute viral hepatitis
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2024
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