B80
B80 — Enterobiasis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B80 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for enterobiasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- oxyuriasis
- pinworm infection
- threadworm infection
Risk adjustment
B80 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
B80 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
- A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
How B80 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 B80.
- Appendicopathia oxyurica
- Enterobiasis
- Enterobius vermicularis(infection) (infestation)
- Oxyuriasis
- Oxyuris vermicularis(infestation)
- Pinworm(disease) (infection) (infestation)
- Seatworm(infection) (infestation)
- Threadworm(infection) (infestation)
- Disease, diseased›pinworm
- Infection, infected, infective›Enterobius vermicularis
- Infection, infected, infective›Oxyuris vermicularis
- Infection, infected, infective›pinworm
Questions about B80
- Is B80 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. B80 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does B80 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Helminthiases (B65-B83).