B85.1
B85.1 — Pediculosis due to Pediculus humanus corporis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B85.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pediculosis due to pediculus humanus corporis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Body-louse infestation
Risk adjustment
B85.1 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.
How B85.1 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 B85.1.
- Maculae ceruleae
- Vagabond's disease
- Disease, diseased›vagabond's
- Lice›body(Pediculus corporis)
- Pediculosis›corporis(body-louse) (any site)
- Pediculosis›vestimenti
- Infestation›Pediculus›body
- Infestation›Pediculus›corporis(humanus) (any site)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B85. If B85.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about B85.1
- Is B85.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. B85.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does B85.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations (B85-B89).