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B88.1
Tungiasis [sandflea infestation]
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Tungiasis [sandflea infestation]
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.
- Worm
- Helminthiasis
- Abscess > helminthic
- Parasitism > specified
- Disease, diseased > parasitic > specified type
- Infestation > helminth > intestinal > diphyllobothriasis
- Infestation > helminth > intestinal > specified > cestode NEC
- Tungiasis
- Jigger disease
- Infestation > sandflea
- Disease, diseased > jigger
- Infestation > chigo, chigoe
- Infestation > Tunga penetrans
- Disease, diseased > chigo, chigoe
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| B88.0 | Other acariasis | Not billable |
| B88.2 | Other arthropod infestations | Valid |
| B88.3 | External hirudiniasis | Valid |
| B88.8 | Other specified infestations | Valid |
| B88.9 | Infestation, unspecified | Valid |