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Category · FY2027

B85 Pediculosis and phthiriasis

  • Header · not billable

B85 is not billable. The category heads 5 billable codes in FY2027: the 5 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Maculae ceruleae → B85.1
  • Lice (infestation) → B85.2
  • Vagabond's disease → B85.1

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 1 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  2. B85-B89 Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations (B85-B89)
  3. B85 Pediculosis and phthiriasis
Billable codes
5
Subdivisions
5
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
31

Codes in B85

  1. B85.0
    Pediculosis due to Pediculus humanus capitis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Head-louse infestation
  2. B85.1
    Pediculosis due to Pediculus humanus corporis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Body-louse infestation
  3. B85.2
    Pediculosis, unspecified
    Billable
  4. B85.3
    Phthiriasis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Infestation by crab-louse
    • Infestation by Phthirus pubis
  5. B85.4
    Mixed pediculosis and phthiriasis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Infestation classifiable to more than one of the categories B85.0-B85.3 B85.0 B85.3

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

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

Index entries

  • Maculae ceruleae → B85.1
  • Vagabond's disease → B85.1
  • Lice (infestation) → B85.2
  • Pediculosis (infestation) → B85.2
  • Crabs, meaning pubic lice → B85.3
  • Phthiriasis (pubis) → B85.3
  • Lice (infestation)head (Pediculus capitis) → B85.0
  • Pediculosis (infestation)capitis (head-louse) (any site) → B85.0
  • Pediculosis (infestation)eyelid → B85.0
  • Plicapolonica → B85.0
  • Disease, diseasedvagabond's → B85.1
  • Lice (infestation)body (Pediculus corporis) → B85.1
  • Pediculosis (infestation)corporis (body-louse) (any site) → B85.1
  • Pediculosis (infestation)vestimenti → B85.1
  • InfestationPediculus → B85.2
  • Infestationcrab-lice → B85.3
  • InfestationPhthirus (pubis) (any site) → B85.3
  • Infestationpubic, louse → B85.3
  • Lice (infestation)crab → B85.3
  • Lice (infestation)pubic (Phthirus pubis) → B85.3
  • Pediculosis (infestation)pubis (pubic louse) (any site) → B85.3
  • Pediculosis (infestation)vulvae → B85.3
  • Lice (infestation)mixed (classifiable to more than one of the titles B85.0-B85.3) → B85.4
  • Pediculosis (infestation)mixed (classifiable to more than one of the titles B85.0-B85.3) → B85.4
  • InfestationPediculuscapitis (humanus) (any site) → B85.0
  • InfestationPediculushead → B85.0
  • InfestationPediculusbody → B85.1
  • InfestationPediculuscorporis (humanus) (any site) → B85.1
  • InfestationPediculuspubis (any site) → B85.3
  • InfestationPediculusmixed (classifiable to more than one of the titles B85.0-B85.3) → B85.4
  • Infestationeyelidin (due to)phthiriasis → B85.3

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