B79
Trichuriasis
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 4
Index entries leading here 10
- Diarrhea, diarrheal (disease) (infantile) (inflammatory) R19.7
- due to
- Trichuris trichiuria B79
- due to
- Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- whipworm B79
- Prolapse, prolapsed
- Infestation B88.9
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- Trichocephaliasis, trichocephalosis B79
- Trichocephalus infestation B79
- Trichuriasis B79
- Trichuris trichiura (infection) (infestation) (any site) B79
- Whipworm (disease) (infection) (infestation) B79
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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