B55.1 Cutaneous leishmaniasis

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

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 606-607 in MDC 09.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 085.1 Cutaneous leishmaniasis, urban (approximate)
• 085.2 Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Asian desert (approximate)
• 085.3 Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Ethiopian (approximate)
• 085.4 Cutaneous leishmaniasis, American (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B55.1

Back-references to B55

• Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B55.1

• Aleppo boil
• Biskra's button
• Boil › Aleppo
• Boil › Baghdad
• Boil › Delhi
• Boil › Natal
• Boil › tropical
• Button › Biskra
• Button › Delhi
• Button › oriental
• Chiclero ulcer or sore
• Delhi boil or button
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Leishmania › aethiopica
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Leishmania › major
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Leishmania › mexicana
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Leishmania › tropica
• Infestation › eyelid › in (due to) › leishmaniasis
• Leishmaniasis › American (mucocutaneous) › cutaneous
• Leishmaniasis › Asian Desert
• Leishmaniasis › cutaneous (any type)
• Leishmaniasis › eyelid
• Leishmaniasis › old world
• Leishmaniasis › tegumentaria diffusa
• Sore › chiclero
• Sore › Delhi
• Sore › Lahore
• Sore › oriental
• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › chiclero
• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › Cochin-China
• Uta

Nearby codes

• B55 Leishmaniasis
• B55.0 Visceral leishmaniasis
• B55.1 Cutaneous leishmaniasis (this code)
• B55.2 Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
• B55.9 Leishmaniasis, unspecified