Is B60.09 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. B60.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does B60.09 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 B60.09?

B60.09 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above B60.09 (B60) and apply to it just the same.

B60.09

B60.09 — Other babesiosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B60.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other babesiosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Babesiosis due to Babesia KO-1
Babesiosis due to Babesia venatorum
Infection due to other Babesia species
Infection due to other protozoa of the order Piroplasmida
Other piroplasmosis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B60.09

These are not written on B60.09, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing B60.09 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on B60 — Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified

cryptosporidiosis (A07.2)
intestinal microsporidiosis (A07.8)
isosporiasis (A07.3)

Risk adjustment

B60.09 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.

Medicare coverage

B60.09 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
A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58747Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

How B60.09 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 B60.09.

Piroplasmosis›specified NEC
Babesiosis›due to›specified NEC
Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›protozoa of the order Piroplasmida NEC
Babesiosis›due to›Babesia›KO-1
Babesiosis›due to›Babesia›venatorum
Infection, infected, infective›due to or resulting from›Babesia›species›specified NEC

Code history

B60.09 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share B60.0. If B60.09 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about B60.09

Is B60.09 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. B60.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does B60.09 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 B60.09?: B60.09 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above B60.09 (B60) and apply to it just the same.