B37.6

B37.6: Candidal endocarditis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B37.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for candidal endocarditis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check B37.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B37.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on B37: Candidiasis

neonatal candidiasis (P37.5)

Other codes that can never be billed with B37.6

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

I39Endocarditis and heart valve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

B37.6 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
A56625Billing and Coding: Echocardiography
A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Candidiasis, candidal›endocarditis
Endocarditis›candidal
Endocarditis›monilial

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.