B96.8
B96.8 — Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B96.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
B96.8 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.
Code to one of these instead B96.8
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- B96.81Helicobacter pylori [H. pylori] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.82Vibrio vulnificus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.83Acinetobacter baumannii as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.89Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B96. If B96.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- B96.0Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.1Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.2Escherichia coli [E. coli ] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.3Hemophilus influenzae [H. influenzae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.4Proteus (mirabilis) (morganii) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.5Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) (mallei) (pseudomallei) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.6Bacteroides fragilis [B. fragilis] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B96.7Clostridium perfringens [C. perfringens] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Questions about B96.8
- Is B96.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. B96.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does B96.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97).