ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › B15-B19 › B18 Chronic viral hepatitis › B18.0
Chronic viral hepatitis B with delta-agent
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Chronic viral hepatitis B with delta-agent
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 B18 Chronic viral hepatitis
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)
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.
- Icterus
- Cholemia
- Jaundice > serum
- Hepatitis > delta
- Hepatitis > serum
- Serum > hepatitis
- Yellow > jaundice
- Hepatitis > anicteric,
- Hepatitis > inoculation
- Hepatitis > fulminant NEC
- Homologous serum hepatitis
- Disease, diseased > hepatic
- Hepatitis > chronic > viral
- Jaundice > post-transfusion
- Ascites > due to > hepatitis
- Hepatitis > B > with > delta
- Hepatitis > homologous serum
- Hepatitis > postimmunization
- Hepatitis > post-transfusion
- Jaundice > post-immunization
- Hepatitis > Australia-antigen
- Hepatitis > antigen-associated
- Hepatitis > viral, virus > type > delta
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > liver
- Ascites > due to > hepatitis > chronic active
- Disease, diseased > liver > end stage > due to hepatitis
- Hepatitis > D > chronic
- Hepatitis > B > chronic > with delta-agent
- Hepatitis > viral, virus > chronic > type > D
- Hepatitis > viral, virus > type > D > chronic
- Hepatitis > viral, virus > chronic > type > B > with delta-agent
- Hepatitis > viral, virus > type > B > chronic > with delta-agent
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| B18.1 | Chronic viral hepatitis B without delta-agent | Valid |
| B18.2 | Chronic viral hepatitis C | Valid |
| B18.8 | Other chronic viral hepatitis | Valid |
| B18.9 | Chronic viral hepatitis, unspecified | Valid |