ICD-10-CM Code B16
Acute hepatitis B
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code B16 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of B16 that describes the diagnosis 'acute hepatitis b' in more detail.
- B16 Acute hepatitis B NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code B16 is used to code Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) which affects the liver. It can cause both acute and chronic infections. Many people have no symptoms during the initial infection. Some develop a rapid onset of sickness with vomiting, yellowish skin, feeling tired, dark urine and abdominal pain. Often these symptoms last a few weeks and rarely does the initial infection result in death. It may take 30 to 180 days for symptoms to begin. In those who get infected around the time of birth 90% develop chronic hepatitis B while less than 10% of those infected after the age of five do. Most of those with chronic disease have no symptoms; however, cirrhosis and liver cancer may eventually develop. These complications result in the death of 15 to 25% of those with chronic disease.
| Specialty: | Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology |
| MeSH Codes: | D006509, D006509 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 702, 703 |
Electron micrograph of hepatitis B virus
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'B16 - Acute hepatitis B'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code B16. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.