B73 Onchocerciasis

Non-billable header with 2 child codes.

Includes

• onchocerca volvulus infection
• onchocercosis
• river blindness

Applies from B73 Onchocerciasis

Includes

• onchocerca volvulus infection
• onchocercosis
• river blindness

Codes under B73

• B73.0 Onchocerciasis with eye disease
• B73.1 Onchocerciasis without eye disease

Code annotations containing back-references to B73

Back-references to B73

• Type 2 Excludes: B74 Filariasis ("onchocerciasis (B73)")
• 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 B73

• Type 2 Excludes: B74 Filariasis ("onchocerciasis (B73)")
• 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)")

Nearby codes

• B73 Onchocerciasis (this code)
• B73.0 Onchocerciasis with eye disease
• B73.00 Onchocerciasis with eye involvement, unspecified
• B73.01 Onchocerciasis with endophthalmitis
• B73.02 Onchocerciasis with glaucoma
• B73.09 Onchocerciasis with other eye involvement