Dracunculiasis

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 Dracunculiasis

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

Includes

guinea worm infection
infection due to Dracunculus medinensis

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.

Mumu
Worm
Lymphedema
Milky urine
Arthropyosis
Pyoarthrosis
Helminthiasis
Hematochyluria
Septic > joint
Abscess > joint
Lymph > scrotum
Hydrops > pleura
Pneumohydrothorax
Epididymo-orchitis
Chyluria > filarial
Orchitis > filarial
Abscess > helminthic
Chylocele > filarial
Arabicum elephantiasis
Chylothorax > filarial
Parasitism > specified
Pyemia, pyemic > joint
Epididymitis > filarial
Elephantiasis > arabicum
Itch, itching > filarial
Pyarthritis, pyarthrosis
Abscess > filaria, filarial
Ascites > chylous > filarial
Arthritis, arthritic > septic
Filaria, filarial, filariasis
Arthritis, arthritic > purulent
Hydrothorax > chylous > filarial
Suppuration, suppurative > joint
Arthritis, arthritic > suppurative
Arthritis, arthritic > in > infection
Elephantiasis > filarial, filariensis
Chylocele > tunica vaginalis > filarial
Disease, diseased > joint > suppurative
Infection, infected, infective > testis
Infection, infected, infective > filarial

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