ICD-10-CM Code B40
Blastomycosis
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 B40 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of B40 that describes the diagnosis 'blastomycosis' in more detail.
- B40 Blastomycosis NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE B40.0 Acute pulmonary blastomycosis
- BILLABLE B40.1 Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis
- BILLABLE B40.2 Pulmonary blastomycosis, unspecified
- BILLABLE B40.3 Cutaneous blastomycosis
- BILLABLE B40.7 Disseminated blastomycosis
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- B40.81 Blastomycotic meningoencephalitis BILLABLE
- B40.89 Other forms of blastomycosis BILLABLE
- BILLABLE B40.9 Blastomycosis, unspecified
The ICD code B40 is used to code Blastomycosis
Blastomycosis (also known as "North American blastomycosis", "Blastomycetic dermatitis", and "Gilchrist's disease") is a fungal infection of humans and other animals, notably dogs and occasionally cats, caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis. Endemic to portions of North America, blastomycosis causes clinical symptoms similar to histoplasmosis. The disease occurs in several endemic areas the most important of which is in eastern North America, particularly in the western and northern periphery of the Great Lakes Basin, extending eastward along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River Valley and southward in the territory spanned by the central Appalachian Mountains in the east, to the Mississippi River Valley in the west. Sporadic cases have been reported in continental Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent.
| Specialty: | Infectious Disease |
| MeSH Code: | D001759 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 116.0 |
Skin lesions of blastomycosis.
Coding Notes for B40 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Brazilian blastomycosis - instead, use code B41.-
- Keloidal blastomycosis - instead, use code B48.0
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'B40 - Blastomycosis'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code B40. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.