B43.1 Pheomycotic brain abscess

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Cerebral chromomycosis

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 867-869 in MDC 18.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 117.2 Chromoblastomycosis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B43.1

Back-references to B43.1

• Type 1 Excludes: G07 Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere ("chromomycotic (B43.1)")

Back-references to B43

• Code First: M01 Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("mycoses (B35-B49)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B43.1

• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › brain (any part) (cystic) (otogenic) › pheomycotic (chromomycotic)
• Chromomycosis › brain abscess
• Chromomycosis › cerebral
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Cladosporium › bantianum (brain abscess)
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Cladosporium › trichoides (brain abscess)

Nearby codes

• B43 Chromomycosis and pheomycotic abscess
• B43.0 Cutaneous chromomycosis
• B43.1 Pheomycotic brain abscess (this code)
• B43.2 Subcutaneous pheomycotic abscess and cyst
• B43.8 Other forms of chromomycosis
• B43.9 Chromomycosis, unspecified