Other forms of aspergillosis

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:

B44.81 Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
B44.89 Other forms of aspergillosis

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 aspergillosis

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 B44 Aspergillosis

Code also

, if applicable:
aspergilloma of other site - code to chronic infection of site
pulmonary aspergilloma (J4B)
pulmonary aspergillosis fungal ball (J4B)
pulmonary mycetoma (J4B)
sinus aspergilloma (J32.-)

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
B44.0	Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis	Valid
B44.1	Other pulmonary aspergillosis	Valid
B44.2	Tonsillar aspergillosis	Valid
B44.7	Disseminated aspergillosis	Valid
B44.9	Aspergillosis, unspecified	Valid