B83.1

B83.1: Gnathostomiasis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B83.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gnathostomiasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check B83.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Wandering swelling

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B83.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on B83: Other helminthiases

capillariasis NOS (B81.1)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above B83.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on B83: Other helminthiases

intestinal capillariasis (B81.1)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Gnathostoma spinigerum(infection) (infestation), gnathostomiasis (wandering swelling)
Infection, infected, infective›Gnathostoma(spinigerum)
Infestation›Gnathostoma(spinigerum)
Swelling›wandering, due to Gnathostoma(spinigerum)
Infestation›helminth›gnathostomiasis
Infestation›nematode NEC›Gnathostoma spinigerum

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B83