B72 diagnosis code · Billable category · FY2027
B72 Dracunculiasis
- Billable
- CC
- POA reported
B72 ICD-10 code: a billable diagnosis code in FY2027; the category has no subdivisions.
Where it sits
- CC / MCC
- CC
- MS-DRG
- 867-869
- HCC V28
- –
- POA
- Reported
- Code Editor
- –
- Index entries
- 16
Instructions
At B72
Includes
- guinea worm infection
- infection due to Dracunculus medinensis
Notes that also apply
Chapter 1 instructions (Includes 1, Excludes2 5, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 1 page.
Index entries
- Dracontiasis → B72
- Dracunculiasis, dracunculosis → B72
- Guinea worms (infection) (infestation) → B72
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)›Dracunculus medinensis → B72
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)›guinea worm → B72
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)›Medina (worm) → B72
- Infestation›Dracunculus medinensis → B72
- Infestation›dragon worm → B72
- Infestation›guinea worm → B72
- Infestation›Medina (worm) → B72
- Worm(s) (infection) (infestation)›guinea → B72
- Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute)›due to or associated with›dracontiasis → B72
- Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute)›in (due to)›dracontiasis (dracunculiasis) → B72
- Infestation›filarial›due to›Dracunculus medinensis → B72
- Infestation›filarial›due to›guinea worm → B72
- Infestation›helminth›intestinal›dracunculiasis → B72
NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.
Medicare grouping and edits
| CC / MCC | CC |
|---|---|
| PDX exclusion list | 0256 (13 codes) |
| Appendix B | MDC 18 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Systemic or Unspecified Sites, MS-DRG 867-869 (Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses with MCC…) |
| Code Editor | – |
| POA | Reported |
| HCC V28 | – |
CC as a secondary diagnosis, not when the principal diagnosis is on its PDX exclusion list.
CMS: MS-DRG v44 (Appendix B, C), MCE v44, POA list FY2027, 2027 Initial ICD-10-CM Mappings. What the rows mean.