Cerebral cryptococcosis

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Cerebral cryptococcosis

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 B35-B49 section Mycoses (B35-B49)

Excludes2 - not included here

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

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.

Myelitis
Phrenitis
Torulosis
Arachnitis
Cephalitis
Cerebritis
Ependymitis
Cerebellitis
Arachnoiditis
Fever > brain
Ventriculitis
Fever > spinal
Perimeningitis
Febris, febrile
Hydromeningitis
Leptomeningitis
Meningomyelitis
Mesencephalitis
Myelomeningitis
Pachymeningitis
Parencephalitis
Syringomyelitis
Torula, torular
Fever > cerebral
Radiculomyelitis
Effusion > spinal
Encephalomyelitis
Fever > meningeal
Meningocerebritis
Myeloencephalitis
Meningoradiculitis
Sepsis > meningeal
Effusion > meninges
Encephalomeningitis
Meningoencephalitis
Meningomyeloneuritis
European blastomycosis
Effusion > cerebrospinal
Encephalomeningomyelitis
Encephalomyelomeningitis

Showing 40 of 77 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
B45.0	Pulmonary cryptococcosis	Valid
B45.2	Cutaneous cryptococcosis	Valid
B45.3	Osseous cryptococcosis	Valid
B45.7	Disseminated cryptococcosis	Valid
B45.8	Other forms of cryptococcosis	Valid
B45.9	Cryptococcosis, unspecified	Valid