B85.3

B85.3: Phthiriasis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B85.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for phthiriasis. 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.

Infestation by crab-louse
Infestation by Phthirus pubis

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Crabs, meaning pubic lice
Phthiriasis(pubis)
Infestation›crab-lice
Infestation›Phthirus(pubis) (any site)
Infestation›pubic, louse
Lice›crab
Lice›pubic(Phthirus pubis)
Pediculosis›pubis(pubic louse) (any site)
Pediculosis›vulvae
Infestation›Pediculus›pubis(any site)
Infestation›eyelid›in›phthiriasis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B85