B72
B72 — Dracunculiasis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B72 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dracunculiasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- guinea worm infection
- infection due to Dracunculus medinensis
Risk adjustment
B72 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
B72 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How B72 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 B72.
- Dracontiasis
- Dracunculiasis, dracunculosis
- Guinea worms(infection) (infestation)
- Infection, infected, infective›Dracunculus medinensis
- Infection, infected, infective›guinea worm
- Infection, infected, infective›Medina(worm)
- Infestation›Dracunculus medinensis
- Infestation›dragon worm
- Infestation›guinea worm
- Infestation›Medina(worm)
- Worm›guinea
- Arthritis, arthritic›due to or associated with›dracontiasis
Questions about B72
- Is B72 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. B72 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does B72 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Helminthiases (B65-B83).