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B35.0

B35.0: Tinea barbae and tinea capitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B35.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tinea barbae and tinea capitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Beard ringworm
  • Kerion
  • Scalp ringworm
  • Sycosis, mycotic

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Gruby's disease
  • Kerion(celsi)
  • Dermatophytosis›beard
  • Dermatophytosis›capitis
  • Dermatophytosis›scalp
  • Disease, diseased›Gruby's(tinea tonsurans)
  • Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›tonsurans
  • Itch, itching›barber's
  • Parasitic›sycosis(beard) (scalp)
  • Ringworm›beard
  • Ringworm›black dot
  • Ringworm›honeycomb

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B35

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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