B88.3 External hirudiniasis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Leech infestation NOS

Excludes2 (not included here)

• internal hirudiniasis (B83.4)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 134.2 Hirudiniasis (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B88.3

Back-references to B88.3

• Type 2 Excludes: B83.4 Internal hirudiniasis ("external hirudiniasis (B88.3)")

Back-references to B88

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

Diagnosis Index entries for B88.3

• Hirudiniasis › external

Nearby codes

• B88.0 Other acariasis
• B88.01 Infestation by Demodex mites
• B88.09 Other acariasis
• B88.1 Tungiasis [sandflea infestation]
• B88.2 Other arthropod infestations
• B88.3 External hirudiniasis (this code)
• B88.8 Other specified infestations
• B88.9 Infestation, unspecified