Category · FY2027

B55 Leishmaniasis

B55 is not billable. The category heads 4 billable codes in FY2027: the 4 codes directly below it.

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Where it sits

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Block B50-B64 instructions (Excludes1 2): printed on the block page.

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

Assam fever → B55.0
Burdwan fever → B55.0
Dumdum fever → B55.0
Kala-azar → B55.0
Ponos → B55.0
Sahib disease → B55.0
Sirkari's disease → B55.0
Sudanese kala-azar → B55.0
Aleppo boil → B55.1
Biskra's button → B55.1
Chiclero ulcer or sore → B55.1
Delhi boil or button → B55.1
Uta → B55.1
Brazilian leishmaniasis → B55.2
Espundia → B55.2
Leishmaniasis → B55.9
Disease, diseasedSirkari's → B55.0
Dysentery, dysenteric (catarrhal) (diarrhea) (epidemic) (hemorrhagic) (infectious) (sporadic) (tropical)leishmanial → B55.0
Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor)Assam → B55.0
Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor)Burdwan → B55.0
Leishmaniasisinfantile → B55.0
LeishmaniasisMediterranean → B55.0
Leishmaniasisvisceral → B55.0
Leishmanoid, dermalpost-kala-azar → B55.0
Mediterraneankala-azar → B55.0
Mediterraneanleishmaniasis → B55.0
BoilAleppo → B55.1
BoilBaghdad → B55.1
BoilDelhi → B55.1
BoilNatal → B55.1
Boiltropical → B55.1
ButtonBiskra → B55.1
ButtonDelhi → B55.1
Buttonoriental → B55.1
LeishmaniasisAsian Desert → B55.1
Leishmaniasiscutaneous (any type) → B55.1
Leishmaniasiseyelid → B55.1
Leishmaniasisold world → B55.1
Leishmaniasistegumentaria diffusa → B55.1
Sorechiclero → B55.1

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