B37.2
B37.2: Candidiasis of skin and nail
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B37.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for candidiasis of skin and nail. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B37.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- diaper dermatitis (L22)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Candidal onychia
- Candidal paronychia
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B37.2 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57221Billing and Coding: Plastic Surgery
- A57672Billing and Coding: Nail Debridement
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Erosio interdigitalis blastomycetica
- Candidiasis, candidal›intertrigo
- Candidiasis, candidal›nails
- Candidiasis, candidal›onychia
- Candidiasis, candidal›paronychia
- Candidiasis, candidal›perionyxis
- Candidiasis, candidal›skin
- Granuloma›candidal(cutaneous)
- Granuloma›monilial(cutaneous)
- Onychia›candidal
- Paronychia›candidal(chronic)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.