B48.8 Other specified mycoses

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Adiaspiromycosis
• Infection of tissue and organs by Alternaria
• Infection of tissue and organs by Drechslera
• Infection of tissue and organs by Fusarium
• Infection of tissue and organs by saprophytic fungi NEC

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 6 — Opportunistic Infections
• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 6 — Opportunistic Infections
• RxHCC V08: HCC 5 — Opportunistic Infections
• ESRD V24: HCC 6

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 791 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 117.8 Infection by dematiacious fungi [Phaehyphomycosis] (approximate)
• 118 Opportunistic mycoses (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B48.8

Back-references to B48

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

Diagnosis Index entries for B48.8

• Adiaspiromycosis
• Hemisporosis
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Alternaria
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › fungus NOS › pathogenic to compromised host only
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Fusarium
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › mycotic NOS › pathogenic to compromised host only
• Mycosis, mycotic › opportunistic
• Mycosis, mycotic › specified NEC

Nearby codes

• B48.0 Lobomycosis
• B48.1 Rhinosporidiosis
• B48.2 Allescheriasis
• B48.3 Geotrichosis
• B48.4 Penicillosis
• B48.8 Other specified mycoses (this code)