B78.0

B78.0: Intestinal strongyloidiasis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B78.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for intestinal strongyloidiasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B78.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on B78: Strongyloidiasis

trichostrongyliasis (B81.2)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

B78.0 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Diarrhea, diarrheal›strongyloidiasis
Dysentery, dysenteric›strongyloidiasis
Strongyloidiasis, strongyloidosis›intestinal
Diarrhea, diarrheal›Cochin-China›strongyloidiasis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.