B88.8
B88.8 — Other specified infestations
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B88.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified infestations. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Ichthyoparasitism due to Vandellia cirrhosa
- Linguatulosis
- Porocephaliasis
Risk adjustment
B88.8 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 B88.8 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 B88.8.
- Candiru infection or infestation
- Ichthyoparasitism due to Vandellia cirrhosa
- Ixodiasis NEC
- Linguatulosis
- Porocephaliasis
- Cryptosporidiosis›hepatobiliary
- Cryptosporidiosis›respiratory
- Infection, infected, infective›candiru
- Infestation›candiru
- Infestation›Linguatula
- Infestation›Pentastoma
- Infestation›specified type NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B88. If B88.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about B88.8
- Is B88.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. B88.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does B88.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations (B85-B89).