B46.8
B46.8: Other zygomycoses
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B46.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other zygomycoses. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B46.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Entomophthoromycosis
Risk adjustment
B46.8 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 6 Opportunistic Infections0.381 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
B46.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57672Billing and Coding: Nail Debridement
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Entomophthoromycosis
- Infection, infected, infective›Basidiobolus
- Infection, infected, infective›Conidiobolus
- Infection, infected, infective›Entomophthora
- Zygomycosis›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.