B85.0 Pediculosis due to Pediculus humanus capitis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Head-louse infestation

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 606-607 in MDC 09.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 132.0 Pediculus capitis [head louse]

Code annotations containing back-references to B85.0

Back-references to B85

• Code First: H94.0 Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("parasitic disease (B65-B89)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B85.0

• Infestation › Pediculus › capitis (humanus) (any site)
• Infestation › Pediculus › head
• Lice (infestation) › head (Pediculus capitis)
• Pediculosis (infestation) › capitis (head-louse) (any site)
• Pediculosis (infestation) › eyelid
• Plica › polonica

Nearby codes

• B85 Pediculosis and phthiriasis
• B85.0 Pediculosis due to Pediculus humanus capitis (this code)
• B85.1 Pediculosis due to Pediculus humanus corporis
• B85.2 Pediculosis, unspecified
• B85.3 Phthiriasis
• B85.4 Mixed pediculosis and phthiriasis