B39 - Histoplasmosis
ICD-10-CM Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases · B35-B49 Mycoses (B35-B49) · Top-level category · FY2027
Coding Guidance
B39 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 7 more specific codes below.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code for any associated manifestations, such as:
- endocarditis (I39)
- meningitis (G02)
- pericarditis (I32)
- retinitis (H32)
Sequence the underlying condition before this code.
- associated AIDS (B20)
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust (J67.-)
- mycosis fungoides (C84.0-)
Conditions this code covers.
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
More Specific Codes (7)
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More specific codes for B39
Codes at the same level as B39
- CholeraA00
- Typhoid and paratyphoid feversA01
- Other salmonella infectionsA02
- ShigellosisA03
- Other bacterial intestinal infectionsA04
- Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classifiedA05
- AmebiasisA06
- Other protozoal intestinal diseasesA07
- Viral and other specified intestinal infectionsA08
- Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecifiedA09
- Respiratory tuberculosisA15
- Tuberculosis of nervous systemA17
- Tuberculosis of other organsA18
- Miliary tuberculosisA19
- PlagueA20
- TularemiaA21
- AnthraxA22
- BrucellosisA23
- Glanders and melioidosisA24
- Rat-bite feversA25
- ErysipeloidA26
- LeptospirosisA27
- Other zoonotic bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classifiedA28
- Leprosy [Hansen's disease]A30
- Infection due to other mycobacteriaA31
- ListeriosisA32
- Tetanus neonatorumA33
- Obstetrical tetanusA34
- Other tetanusA35
- DiphtheriaA36
- Whooping coughA37
- Scarlet feverA38
- Meningococcal infectionA39
- Streptococcal sepsisA40
- Other sepsisA41
- ActinomycosisA42
- NocardiosisA43
- BartonellosisA44
- ErysipelasA46
- Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classifiedA48
126 more in this chapter.