B83.8 Other specified helminthiases

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Acanthocephaliasis
• Gongylonemiasis
• Hepatic capillariasis
• Metastrongyliasis
• Thelaziasis

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 B83.8

Back-references to B83.8

• Type 2 Excludes: B81.1 Intestinal capillariasis ("hepatic capillariasis (B83.8)")

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 B83.8

• Acanthocephaliasis
• Capillariasis (intestinal) › hepatic
• Dioctophyme renalis (infection) (infestation)
• Echinorhynchiasis
• Gongylonemiasis
• Helminthiasis › specified type NEC
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Capillaria (intestinal) › hepatica
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › Gongylonema
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › helminths › specified type NEC
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › worms › specified type NEC
• Infestation › Capillaria › hepatica
• Infestation › Gongylonema
• Infestation › helminth › specified type NEC
• Metastrongyliasis
• Thelaziasis

Nearby codes

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