Other forms of blastomycosis

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:

B40.81 Blastomycotic meningoencephalitis
B40.89 Other forms of blastomycosis

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 Other forms of blastomycosis

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 B40 Blastomycosis

Excludes1 - never coded here

Brazilian blastomycosis (B41.-)
keloidal blastomycosis (B48.0)

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

Excludes2 - not included here

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
B40.0	Acute pulmonary blastomycosis	Valid
B40.1	Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis	Valid
B40.2	Pulmonary blastomycosis, unspecified	Valid
B40.3	Cutaneous blastomycosis	Valid
B40.7	Disseminated blastomycosis	Valid
B40.9	Blastomycosis, unspecified	Valid