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  2. ICD-10-CM (2016)
  3. Chapter 1
  4. Section B50-B64
  5. Code B56

ICD-10-CM Code B56
African trypanosomiasis

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 B56 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of B56 that describes the diagnosis 'african trypanosomiasis' in more detail.

The ICD code B56 is used to code Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosomiasis or trypanosomosis is the name of several diseases in vertebrates caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus Trypanosoma.

Specialty: Infectious Disease
MeSH Codes: D014352, D014352
ICD 9 Codes: 865, 856

Source: Wikipedia

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'B56 - African trypanosomiasis'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code B56. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Meningitis(basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic) +
African +
Encephalitis(chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) +
Trypanosomiasis +
Sickness +
Dementia(degenerative (primary)) (old age) (persisting) +
Infection, infected, infective(opportunistic) +

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