B43
B43 — Chromomycosis and pheomycotic abscess
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B43 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chromomycosis and pheomycotic abscess. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with B43
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at B43. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading B43 alone.
- G07Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
B43 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead B43
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about B43
- Is B43 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. B43 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does B43 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Mycoses (B35-B49).