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B16.2

Acute hepatitis B without delta-agent with hepatic coma

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Acute hepatitis B without delta-agent with hepatic coma

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the B15-B19 section Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • sequelae of viral hepatitis (B94.2)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • cytomegaloviral hepatitis (B25.1)
  • herpesviral [herpes simplex] hepatitis (B00.81)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
B16.0 Acute hepatitis B with delta-agent with hepatic coma Valid
B16.1 Acute hepatitis B with delta-agent without hepatic coma Valid
B16.9 Acute hepatitis B without delta-agent and without hepatic coma Valid