Diagnosis Code

B88.8 OTHER SPECIFIED INFESTATIONS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: B88.8

Short Description: Other specified infestations

Long Description: Other specified infestations

The code B88.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations (B85-B89)
      • Other infestations (B88)
        • B88.8 Other specified infestations

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Candidu virus disease
  • Candiru fever
  • Coenurosis
  • Cutaneous draschiasis
  • Cutaneous habronemiasis
  • Disease due to Annelida
  • Disease due to Armillifer
  • Disease due to Fimbriidae
  • Disease due to Pentastoma
  • Disease due to Pentastomida
  • Disseminated protothecosis
  • Encephalitis caused by Coenurus cerebralis
  • Enteromonas hominis or Retortamonas intestinalis
  • Icthyoparasitism
  • Icthyoparasitism due to Vandellia cirrhosa
  • Infection by algae
  • Infection by algae
  • Infection by Armillifer armillatus
  • Infection by Coenurosis cerebralis
  • Infection by Draschia
  • Infection by Habronema
  • Infection by Multiceps multiceps
  • Infection by Pentastoma denticulatum
  • Infection by Pentastoma najae
  • Infection by Porocephalus crotali
  • Infection by Porocephalus moniliformis
  • Infection caused by Armillifer grandis
  • Infection caused by Blastocystis
  • Infection due to chordate
  • Infection due to chordate
  • Infectious disease due to plant
  • Infectious disease due to plant
  • Infestation by bed bug
  • Infestation by Ixodes
  • Infestation by Ixodidae
  • Infestation by Knemidokoptes
  • Infestation by Pneumonyssus
  • Infestation by Pneumonyssus simicola
  • Infestation with human nematode
  • Linguatulosis
  • Mansonelliasis
  • Mansonelliasis caused by Mansonella streptocerca
  • Nasopharyngeal linguatulosis
  • Porocephaliasis
  • Protothecosis
  • Sandfly-borne phleboviral disease
  • Streptocerciasis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code B88.8 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Minor Skin Disorders With Mcc (606)
  • Minor Skin Disorders Without Mcc (607)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code B88.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Ichthyoparasitism due to Vandellia cirrhosa
    • Linguatulosis
    • Porocephaliasis

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
B88.8 Right Arrow 134.8 Infestation 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
B88 Other infestations
B88.0 Other acariasis
B88.1 Tungiasis [sandflea infestation]
B88.2 Other arthropod infestations
B88.3 External hirudiniasis
B88.9 Infestation, unspecified


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