B85.0
B85.0: Pediculosis due to Pediculus humanus capitis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B85.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pediculosis due to pediculus humanus capitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B85.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Head-louse infestation
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Lice›head(Pediculus capitis)
- Pediculosis›capitis(head-louse) (any site)
- Pediculosis›eyelid
- Plica›polonica
- Infestation›Pediculus›capitis(humanus) (any site)
- Infestation›Pediculus›head
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.