Block · Chapter 1
B50-B64 Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
Block B50-B64 groups 12 categories with 57 billable codes in FY2027.
Where it sits
- Chapter 1 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- B50-B64 Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
Neighbouring blocks
- Categories
- 12
- Billable codes
- 57
- CC codes
- 47
- MCC codes
- 5
- HCC V28 codes
- 3
- New FY2027
- 0
Categories in B50-B64
Index main terms
- Malaria, malarial (fever) → B50, B51, B52, B53, B54 (34 entries)
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) → B55, B56, B59, B60, B64 (19 entries)
- Chagas' (-Mazza) disease (chronic) → B57 (17 entries)
- Leishmaniasis → B55 (16 entries)
- Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) → B50, B52, B53, B55 (15 entries)
- Babesiosis → B60 (9 entries)
- Trypanosomiasis → B56, B57 (9 entries)
- Sickness → B56 (8 entries)
- Disease, diseased → B55, B59, B60, B64 (6 entries)
- Toxoplasma, toxoplasmosis (acquired) → B58 (6 entries)
- Acanthamebiasis (with) → B60 (5 entries)
- Boil → B55 (5 entries)
- Conjunctivitis (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NOS → B55, B60 (5 entries)
- Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) → B58, B59 (5 entries)
- African → B56 (4 entries)
+65 more main terms; the search box finds them by word.
Block instructions
Notes that also apply
Chapter 1 instructions (Includes 1, Excludes2 5, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 1 page.