B73
B73 — Onchocerciasis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B73 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for onchocerciasis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- onchocerca volvulus infection
- onchocercosis
- river blindness
Other codes that can never be billed with B73
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at B73. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading B73 alone.
- H42Glaucoma in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
B73 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 B73
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about B73
- Is B73 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. B73 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does B73 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Helminthiases (B65-B83).