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B39

Histoplasmosis

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • B39.0 Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis capsulati
  • B39.1 Chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis capsulati
  • B39.2 Pulmonary histoplasmosis capsulati, unspecified
  • B39.3 Disseminated histoplasmosis capsulati
  • B39.4 Histoplasmosis capsulati, unspecified
  • B39.5 Histoplasmosis duboisii
  • B39.9 Histoplasmosis, 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 Histoplasmosis

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 for any associated manifestations, such as:
  • endocarditis (I39)
  • meningitis (G02)
  • pericarditis (I32)
  • retinitis (H32)

Code first

  • associated AIDS (B20)

Inherited from the B35-B49 section Mycoses (B35-B49)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust (J67.-)
  • mycosis fungoides (C84.0-)