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B18

Chronic viral hepatitis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • B18.0 Chronic viral hepatitis B with delta-agent
  • B18.1 Chronic viral hepatitis B without delta-agent
  • B18.2 Chronic viral hepatitis C
  • B18.8 Other chronic viral hepatitis
  • B18.9 Chronic viral hepatitis, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Chronic viral hepatitis

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.

This code

Use additional code

  • code, if applicable, for ascites (R18.8)

Includes

  • Carrier of viral hepatitis

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)