Unspecified viral hepatitis C

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 2 more specific codes instead:

B19.20 Unspecified viral hepatitis C without hepatic coma
B19.21 Unspecified viral hepatitis C with hepatic coma

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified viral hepatitis C

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
B19.0	Unspecified viral hepatitis with hepatic coma	Valid
B19.1	Unspecified viral hepatitis B	Not billable
B19.9	Unspecified viral hepatitis without hepatic coma	Valid