B17.2
B17.2: Acute hepatitis E
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B17.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute hepatitis e. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B17.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B17.2 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
- Hepatitis›viral, virus›type›E
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.