`B74.0` Filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti

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

Applicable to

Bancroftian elephantiasis
Bancroftian filariasis

Applies from B74 Filariasis

Excludes2 (not included here)

onchocerciasis (B73)
tropical (pulmonary) eosinophilia NOS (J82.89)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

125.0 Bancroftian filariasis

Code annotations containing back-references to B74.0

Back-references to B74.0

Code First: J91.8 Pleural effusion in other conditions classified elsewhere ("filariasis (B74.0-B74.9)")
Code First: N51 Disorders of male genital organs in diseases classified elsewhere ("filariasis (B74.0-B74.9)")

Back-references to B74

Code First: H94.0 Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("parasitic disease (B65-B89)")
Type 1 Excludes: I89 Other noninfective disorders of lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes ("filarial chylocele (B74.-)")
Type 2 Excludes: J82 Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified ("pulmonary eosinophilia due to specified parasitic infection (B50-B83)")
Type 1 Excludes: R82.0 Chyluria ("filarial chyluria (B74.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B74.0

Bancroft's filariasis
Chyluria (nonfilarial) › due to › Wuchereria (bancrofti)
Elephantiasis (nonfilarial) › bancroftian
Elephantiasis (nonfilarial) › due to › Wuchereria (bancrofti)
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Wuchereria (bancrofti)
Infestation › filarial › bancroftian
Infestation › filarial › due to › Wuchereria (bancrofti)
Infestation › Wuchereria (bancrofti)
Lymphadenitis › due to › Wuchereria bancrofti
Lymphangitis › due to › Wuchereria bancrofti
Wuchereria (bancrofti) infestation
Wuchereriasis

Nearby codes

B74 Filariasis
B74.0 Filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti (this code)
B74.1 Filariasis due to Brugia malayi
B74.2 Filariasis due to Brugia timori
B74.3 Loiasis
B74.4 Mansonelliasis
B74.8 Other filariases