B15.9
B15.9: Hepatitis A without hepatic coma
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B15.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hepatitis a without hepatic coma. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B15.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Hepatitis A (acute)(viral) NOS
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B15.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Catarrh, catarrhal›liver
- Hepatitis›catarrhal(acute)
- Hepatitis›epidemic
- Hepatitis›infectious, infective
- Icterus›infectious
- Jaundice›catarrhal(acute)
- Jaundice›epidemic(catarrhal)
- Jaundice›febrile(acute)
- Jaundice›infectious(acute) (subacute)
- Hepatitis›viral, virus›type›A
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.