B83.2 Angiostrongyliasis due to Parastrongylus cantonensis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Parastrongylus cantonensis

Excludes2 (not included here)

• intestinal angiostrongyliasis (B81.3)

Applies from B83 Other helminthiases

Excludes1 (never code together)

• capillariasis NOS (B81.1)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• intestinal capillariasis (B81.1)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 128.8 Other specified helminthiasis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B83.2

Back-references to B83.2

• Type 1 Excludes: B81 Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified ("Angiostrongylus cantonensis (B83.2)")
• Type 1 Excludes: B81 Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified ("Parastrongylus cantonensis (B83.2)")
• Code First: G05 Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhere ("eosinophilic meningoencephalitis (B83.2)")

Back-references to B83

• 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 B83.2

• Angiostrongyliasis › due to › Parastrongylus › cantonensis
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Parastrongylus › cantonensis
• Infestation › helminth › angiostrongyliasis
• Infestation › Parastrongylus › cantonensis
• Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) › eosinophilic
• Meningoencephalitis › eosinophilic
• Meningoencephalitis › in (due to) › Parastrongylus cantonensis

Nearby codes

• B83 Other helminthiases
• B83.0 Visceral larva migrans
• B83.1 Gnathostomiasis
• B83.2 Angiostrongyliasis due to Parastrongylus cantonensis (this code)
• B83.3 Syngamiasis
• B83.4 Internal hirudiniasis
• B83.8 Other specified helminthiases
• B83.9 Helminthiasis, unspecified