B88.3
B88.3: External hirudiniasis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B88.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for external hirudiniasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B88.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- internal hirudiniasis (B83.4)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Leech infestation NOS
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hirudiniasis›external
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.