B65.3 Cercarial dermatitis

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

Applicable to

• Swimmer's itch

Applies from B65 Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]

Includes

• snail fever

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 120.3 Cutaneous schistosomiasis

Code annotations containing back-references to B65.3

Back-references to B65.3

• Code First: D77 Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis [bilharziasis] (B65.0-B65.9)")
• Code First: I52 Other heart disorders in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)")
• Code First: J17 Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)")
• Code First: J99 Respiratory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)")
• Code First: K77 Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)")
• Code First: N22 Calculus of urinary tract in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)")
• Code First: N29 Other disorders of kidney and ureter in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)")
• Code First: N33 Bladder disorders in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis (B65.0-B65.9)")

Back-references to B65

• Code First: G07 Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis granuloma of brain (B65.-)")
• Code First: H94.0 Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("parasitic disease (B65-B89)")
• Code Also: I27.21 Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension ("schistosomiasis (B65.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")
• Code First: M63 Disorders of muscle in diseases classified elsewhere ("schistosomiasis (B65.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: N35.1 Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified ("urethral stricture associated with schistosomiasis (B65.-, N29)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B65.3

• Bilharziasis › cutaneous
• Clam digger's itch
• Dermatitis (eczematous) › cercarial
• Dermatitis (eczematous) › schistosome
• Infestation › Schistosoma › cercariae
• Itch, itching › clam digger's
• Itch, itching › swimmer's
• Schistosomiasis › cutaneous
• Swimmer's › itch

Nearby codes

• B65 Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]
• B65.0 Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium [urinary schistosomiasis]
• B65.1 Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma mansoni [intestinal schistosomiasis]
• B65.2 Schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma japonicum
• B65.3 Cercarial dermatitis (this code)
• B65.8 Other schistosomiasis
• B65.9 Schistosomiasis, unspecified