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B73.1

Onchocerciasis without eye disease

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 5
B73code
Includes
  • onchocerca volvulus infection
  • onchocercosis
  • river blindness
A00-B99chapter
Includes
  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Use additional code
  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)Z16.-
Index entries leading here 2
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential) L29.9
    • due to onchocerca volvulus B73.1
  • Onchocerciasis, onchocercosis B73.1
Alongside this code 1 same parent — B73
B73.0 Onchocerciasis with eye disease category
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
B73
Block
B65-B83
Siblings
1

Present FY2024–FY2027.