129Intestinal parasitism, unspecified
- Legacy / Not Valid for Submission
- Replaced October 1, 2015
129 is a legacy ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for intestinal parasitism, unspecified. It was valid on U.S. claims through September 30, 2015 and cannot be reported for services on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced the ICD-9 code set. Under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings, its ICD-10-CM replacement is B82.9 (Intestinal parasitism, unspecified), flagged as a direct match.
Code Identity
Convert 129 to ICD-10-CM
Based on the final CMS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), 129 crosswalks to the following ICD-10-CM code.
Index of Diseases References
Entries in the final ICD-9-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that point to 129. Tap the icons for the official index conventions.
- Disease diseased SEE ALSO Syndrome
- parasitic NEC 136.9
- intestinal NEC 129
- parasitic NEC 136.9
- Enteritis acute catarrhal choleraic chronic congestive diarrheal exudative follicular hemorrhagic infantile lienteric noninfectious perforative phlegmonous presumed noninfectious pseudomembranous 558.9
- parasitic NEC 129
- Parasitic SEE ALSO condition
- disease NEC SEE ALSO Infestation parasitic 136.9
- intestinal NEC 129
- disease NEC SEE ALSO Infestation parasitic 136.9
- Parasitism NEC 136.9
- intestinal NEC 129
Information for Patients
Parasitic Diseases
Parasites are living things that use other living things - like your body - for food and a place to live. You can get them from contaminated food or water, a bug bite, or sexual contact. Some parasitic diseases are easily treated and some are not.
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Questions About 129
Is 129 (intestinal parasitism, unspecified) still a valid code?
No. This code belonged to ICD-9-CM, which the United States retired after September 30, 2015. Claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015 must use ICD-10-CM codes, such as its replacement B82.9.
What is the ICD-10 replacement for 129?
The General Equivalence Mappings crosswalk this code directly to ICD-10-CM B82.9 (Intestinal parasitism, unspecified), a one-to-one match.
What did 129 mean?
In the final ICD-9-CM release, this code described intestinal parasitism, unspecified. It sat in block 129 Intestinal parasitism, unspecified under Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139).
