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ICD-10-CM Code B45
Cryptococcosis

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code B45 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of B45 that describes the diagnosis 'cryptococcosis' in more detail.


The ICD code B45 is used to code Cryptococcosis

Cryptococcosis, also known as cryptococcal disease, is a potentially fatal fungal disease. It is caused by one of two species; Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. These were all previously thought to be subspecies of C. neoformans but have now been identified as distinct species.

Specialty: Infectious Disease, Pulmonology
MeSH Code: D003453
ICD 9 Code: 117.5

Micrograph of cryptococcosis showing the characteristically thick capsule of cryptococcus. Field stain.

Source: Wikipedia

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