B73.00 Onchocerciasis with eye involvement, unspecified

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

Applies from B73 Onchocerciasis

Includes

• onchocerca volvulus infection
• onchocercosis
• river blindness

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 125.3 Onchocerciasis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B73.00

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)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B73.00

• Infestation › filarial › due to › Onchocerca volvulus
• Infestation › filarial › due to › Onchocerca volvulus › eye
• Infestation › microfilaria streptocerca › eye
• Onchocerciasis, onchocercosis › with › eye disease
• Onchocerciasis, onchocercosis › eye NEC

Nearby codes

• B73 Onchocerciasis
• B73.0 Onchocerciasis with eye disease
• B73.00 Onchocerciasis with eye involvement, unspecified (this code)
• B73.01 Onchocerciasis with endophthalmitis
• B73.02 Onchocerciasis with glaucoma
• B73.09 Onchocerciasis with other eye involvement
• B73.1 Onchocerciasis without eye disease