B48.8 — Other specified mycoses
B48.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified mycoses. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Adiaspiromycosis
- Infection of tissue and organs by Alternaria
- Infection of tissue and organs by Drechslera
- Infection of tissue and organs by Fusarium
- Infection of tissue and organs by saprophytic fungi NEC
Risk adjustment
B48.8 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.
Medicare coverage
B48.8 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies — 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
- A57672Billing and Coding: Nail Debridement
- A58801Billing and Coding: Pharmacogenomics Testing
- A58812Billing and Coding: Pharmacogenomics Testing
How B48.8 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to B48.8.
- Adiaspiromycosis
- Hemisporosis
- Infection, infected, infective›Alternaria
- Infection, infected, infective›Fusarium
- Mycosis, mycotic›opportunistic
- Mycosis, mycotic›specified NEC
- Infection, infected, infective›fungus NOS›pathogenic to compromised host only
- Infection, infected, infective›mycotic NOS›pathogenic to compromised host only
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B48. If B48.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about B48.8
- Is B48.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. B48.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does B48.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Mycoses (B35-B49).