ICD-10-CM Code B37.83

Valid for Submission

B37.83 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of candidal cheilitis. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code B37.83 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like angular cheilitis or candida angular cheilitis or cheilitis caused by candida species.

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code B37.83 are found in the index:

• - Candidiasis, candidal - B37.9
  • - cheilitis - B37.83

• - Cheilitis (acute) (angular) (catarrhal) (chronic) (exfoliative) (gangrenous) (glandular) (infectional) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (vesicular) - K13.0
  • - candidal - B37.83

• - Perlèche NEC - K13.0
  • - due to
    • - candidiasis - B37.83
    • - moniliasis - B37.83

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Angular cheilitis
• Candida angular cheilitis
• Cheilitis caused by Candida species

Convert B37.83 to ICD-9

• 112.0 - Thrush (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Mycoses (B35-B49)
    • Candidiasis (B37)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA 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
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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