B74.3
B74.3: Loiasis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B74.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for loiasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B74.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Calabar swelling
- Eyeworm disease of Africa
- Loa loa infection
Other codes that can never be billed with B74.3
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B74.3 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Calabar swelling
- Eyeworm disease of Africa
- Loa loa(loiasis)
- Loiasis(with conjunctival infestation) (eyelid)
- Disease, diseased›eyeworm of Africa
- Infection, infected, infective›Loa loa
- Infestation›eyeworm
- Infestation›Loa loa
- Swelling›Calabar
- Infection, infected, infective›Loa loa›eyelid
- Infection, infected, infective›Loa loa›with conjunctival infestation
- Infestation›Loa loa›conjunctival
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.