B81.8

B81.8: Other specified intestinal helminthiases

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B81.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified intestinal helminthiases. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Infection due to Oesophagostomum species [esophagostomiasis]
Infection due to Ternidens diminutus [ternidensiasis]

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B81.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on B81: Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified

angiostrongyliasis due to:
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (B83.2)
Parastrongylus cantonensis (B83.2)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Esophagostomiasis
Physalopteriasis
Ternidens diminutus infestation
Ternidensiasis
Infection, infected, infective›Oesophagostomum(apiostomum)
Infection, infected, infective›Ternidens diminutus
Infestation›Oesophagostomum(apiostomum)
Infestation›Ternidens diminutus
Helminthiasis›intestinal›specified type NEC
Infestation›nematode NEC›specified NEC
Infection, infected, infective›helminths›intestinal›specified type NEC
Infestation›helminth›intestinal›specified›type NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B81