Valid for Submission
B44.0 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code B44.0 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like deep mycosis or invasive aspergillosis or invasive fungal infection or invasive pulmonary aspergillosis or pulmonary aspergillosis.
ICD-10: | B44.0 |
Short Description: | Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis |
Long Description: | Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis |
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 B44.0 are found in the index:
- - Aspergillosis (with pneumonia) - B44.9
- - pulmonary NEC - B44.1
- - invasive - B44.0
- - pulmonary NEC - B44.1
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Deep mycosis
- Invasive aspergillosis
- Invasive fungal infection
- Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
- Pulmonary aspergillosis
Clinical Information
- INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS-. lung infections with the invasive forms of aspergillus usually after surgery transplantation prolonged neutropenia or treatment with high doses of corticosteroids. invasive pulmonary aspergillosis can progress to chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis or hematogenous spread to other organs.
Diagnostic Related Groups
The ICD-10 code B44.0 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 B44.0 to ICD-9
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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