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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.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Ichthyoparasitism due to Vandellia cirrhosa
  • Linguatulosis
  • Porocephaliasis

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • 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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B88

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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