ICD-10-CM Code B38.1

Valid for Submission

B38.1 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of chronic pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code B38.1 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like chronic coccidioidomycotic pneumonia, chronic progressive coccidioidal pneumonia, chronic pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, infection by coccidioides immitis, pneumonia with coccidioidomycosis, pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, etc

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 B38.1 are found in the index:

• - Coccidioidomycosis - B38.9
  • - pulmonary - B38.2
    • - chronic - B38.1

• - Granuloma - L92.9
  • - coccidioidal (primary) (progressive) - B38.7
    • - lung - B38.1
  • - lung (infectious) - See Also: Fibrosis, lung;
    • - coccidioidal - B38.1

• - Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved) - J18.9
  • - in (due to)
    • - coccidioidomycosis - B38.2
      • - chronic - B38.1

Synonyms

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

• Chronic coccidioidomycotic pneumonia
• Chronic progressive coccidioidal pneumonia
• Chronic pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
• Infection by Coccidioides immitis
• Pneumonia with coccidioidomycosis
• Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
• Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code B38.1 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.

• 177 - RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC
• 178 - RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC
• 179 - RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert B38.1 to ICD-9

• 114.4 - Ch pl coccidioidomycosis

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Mycoses (B35-B49)
    • Coccidioidomycosis (B38)

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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