ICD-10 Code B37.8
Candidiasis of other sites
Not Valid for Submission
B37.8 is a "header" nonspecific and non-billable code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of candidiasis of other sites. The code is NOT valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
| ICD-10: | B37.8 |
| Short Description: | Candidiasis of other sites |
| Long Description: | Candidiasis of other sites |
Consider the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity:
- B37.81 - Candidal esophagitis
- B37.82 - Candidal enteritis
- B37.83 - Candidal cheilitis
- B37.84 - Candidal otitis externa
- B37.89 - Other sites of candidiasis
Code Classification
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(first year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA mandated code set) - FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
Information for Patients
Yeast Infections
Also called: Candidiasis, Moniliasis
Candida is the scientific name for yeast. It is a fungus that lives almost everywhere, including in your body. Usually, your immune system keeps yeast under control. If you are sick or taking antibiotics, it can multiply and cause an infection.
Yeast infections affect different parts of the body in different ways:
- Thrush is a yeast infection that causes white patches in your mouth
- Candida esophagitis is thrush that spreads to your esophagus, the tube that takes food from your mouth to your stomach. It can make it hard or painful to swallow.
- Women can get vaginal yeast infections, causing vaginitis
- Yeast infections of the skin cause itching and rashes
- Yeast infections in your bloodstream can be life-threatening
Antifungal medicines get rid of yeast infections in most people. If you have a weak immune system, treatment might be more difficult.
- Candida infection of the skin (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Thrush (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vaginal yeast infection (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.