B77
B77 — Ascariasis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B77 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for ascariasis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- ascaridiasis
- roundworm infection
Other codes that can never be billed with B77
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at B77. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading B77 alone.
- J17Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
B77 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 B77
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about B77
- Is B77 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. B77 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does B77 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Helminthiases (B65-B83).