B56.0 Gambiense trypanosomiasis

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

Applicable to

• Infection due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
• West African sleeping sickness

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 086.3 Gambian trypanosomiasis

Code annotations containing back-references to B56.0

Back-references to B56

• Code First: F02 Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere ("trypanosomiasis (B56.-, B57.-)")
• Code First: G02 Meningitis in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("African trypanosomiasis (B56.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B56.0

• African › trypanosomiasis › gambian
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Trypanosoma › brucei › gambiense
• Sickness › sleeping (African) › by Trypanosoma › brucei › gambiense
• Sickness › sleeping (African) › Gambian
• Sickness › sleeping (African) › West African
• Trypanosomiasis › African › by Trypanosoma brucei › gambiense
• Trypanosomiasis › by Trypanosoma › brucei gambiense
• Trypanosomiasis › gambiensis, Gambian

Nearby codes

• B56 African trypanosomiasis
• B56.0 Gambiense trypanosomiasis (this code)
• B56.1 Rhodesiense trypanosomiasis
• B56.9 African trypanosomiasis, unspecified