B72 Dracunculiasis
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.
Includes
- guinea worm infection
- infection due to Dracunculus medinensis
Applies from B72 Dracunculiasis
Includes
- guinea worm infection
- infection due to Dracunculus medinensis
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 867-869 in MDC 18.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
Code annotations containing back-references to B72
Back-references to B72
- Code First:
H94.0 Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("parasitic disease (B65-B89)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")
Back-references to B72
- Code First:
H94.0 Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("parasitic disease (B65-B89)") - Type 2 Excludes:
J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")
Diagnosis Index entries for B72
- Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › due to or associated with › dracontiasis
- Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute) › in (due to) › dracontiasis (dracunculiasis)
- Dracontiasis
- Dracunculiasis, dracunculosis
- Guinea worms (infection) (infestation)
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Dracunculus medinensis
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › guinea worm
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Medina (worm)
- Infestation › Dracunculus medinensis
- Infestation › dragon worm
- Infestation › filarial › due to › Dracunculus medinensis
- Infestation › filarial › due to › guinea worm
- Infestation › guinea worm
- Infestation › helminth › intestinal › dracunculiasis
- Infestation › Medina (worm)
- Worm (s) (infection) (infestation) › guinea
Nearby codes
B72 Dracunculiasis (this code)