B73
Header — not billableOnchocerciasis
The ICD-10 code for onchocerciasis is B73.
B73 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Includes
Terms listed here further define or give examples of the conditions grouped under this code — they describe what the code covers, not a separate diagnosis.
- onchocerca volvulus infection
- onchocercosis
- river blindness
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- B65Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]non-billable header
- B66Other fluke infectionsnon-billable header
- B67Echinococcosisnon-billable header
- B68Taeniasisnon-billable header
- B69Cysticercosisnon-billable header
- B70Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosisnon-billable header
- B71Other cestode infectionsnon-billable header
- B72Dracunculiasis
- B74Filariasisnon-billable header
- B75Trichinellosis
- B76Hookworm diseasesnon-billable header
- B77Ascariasisnon-billable header
- B78Strongyloidiasisnon-billable header
- B79Trichuriasis
- B80Enterobiasis
- B81Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- B82Unspecified intestinal parasitismnon-billable header
- B83Other helminthiasesnon-billable header
- B73Onchocerciasisnon-billable header