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Category · FY2027

B36 Other superficial mycoses

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B36 is not billable. The category heads 6 billable codes in FY2027: the 6 codes directly below it.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 1 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  2. B35-B49 Mycoses (B35-B49)
  3. B36 Other superficial mycoses
Billable codes
6
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
54

Codes in B36

  1. B36.0
    Pityriasis versicolor
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Tinea flava
    • Tinea versicolor
  2. B36.1
    Tinea nigra
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Keratomycosis nigricans palmaris
    • Microsporosis nigra
    • Pityriasis nigra
  3. B36.2
    White piedra
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Tinea blanca
  4. B36.3
    Black piedra
    Billable
  5. B36.8
    Other specified superficial mycoses
    Billable
  6. B36.9
    Superficial mycosis, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Block B35-B49 instructions (Excludes2 2): printed on the block page.

Chapter 1 instructions (Includes 1, Excludes2 5, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 1 page.

Index entries

  • Achromia parasitica → B36.0
  • Acladiosis (skin) → B36.0
  • Chromophytosis → B36.0
  • Eichstedt's disease → B36.0
  • Microsporon furfur infestation → B36.0
  • Beigel's disease or morbus (white piedra) → B36.2
  • Paxton's disease → B36.2
  • Trichosporosis nodosa → B36.2
  • Chignon (disease) → B36.8
  • Chromotrichomycosis → B36.8
  • Piedra (beard) (scalp) → B36.8
  • Dermatomycosis → B36.9
  • Otomycosis (diffuse) NEC → B36.9 [H62.4-]
  • Dermatomycosisfurfuracea → B36.0
  • Disease, diseasedEichstedt's (pityriasis versicolor) → B36.0
  • Furfurmicrosporon → B36.0
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)Malassezia furfur → B36.0
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)pityrosporum furfur → B36.0
  • Pityriasis (capitis)versicolor (scrotal) → B36.0
  • Tinea (intersecta) (tarsi)flava → B36.0
  • Tinea (intersecta) (tarsi)furfuracea → B36.0
  • Tinea (intersecta) (tarsi)versicolor → B36.0
  • Keratomycosisnigrans, nigricans (palmaris) → B36.1
  • Microsporosisnigra → B36.1
  • Pityriasis (capitis)nigra → B36.1
  • Tinea (intersecta) (tarsi)nigra → B36.1
  • Disease, diseasedBeigel's (white piedra) → B36.2
  • Disease, diseasedPaxton's (white piedra) → B36.2
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)Trichosporon (beigelii) cutaneum → B36.2
  • MorbusBeigel → B36.2
  • Piedra (beard) (scalp)white → B36.2
  • Tinea (intersecta) (tarsi)blanca → B36.2
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)Piedraia hortae → B36.3
  • Piedra (beard) (scalp)black → B36.3
  • Dermatomycosisspecified type NEC → B36.8
  • Disease, diseasedChignon → B36.8
  • Trichomycosisnodosa, nodularis → B36.8
  • Dermatitis (eczematous)fungus → B36.9
  • Eartropical NEC → B36.9 [H62.4-]
  • Mycosis, mycoticcutaneous NEC → B36.9

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