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B73

B73: Onchocerciasis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

B73 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for onchocerciasis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

  • onchocerca volvulus infection
  • onchocercosis
  • river blindness

Other codes that can never be billed with B73

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • H42Glaucoma in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead B73

2 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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