B60
B60 — Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B60 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
B60 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead B60
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about B60
- Is B60 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. B60 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does B60 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Protozoal diseases (B50-B64).
- What cannot be coded together with B60?
- B60 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.