Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
chapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
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Instructional notes
Official coding guidelines
From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.
Rules for coding infections and parasitic diseases, including HIV, organism and drug resistance codes, sepsis and septic shock, MRSA, Zika, and COVID-19.
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections (page 19)
- Infectious agents as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters (page 22)
- Infections resistant to antibiotics (page 22)
- Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock (page 23)
- Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Conditions (page 27)
- Zika virus infections (page 28)
- Coronavirus infections (page 28)
All codes under B15-B19
B15-B19 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.
- B15Acute hepatitis A
- B15.0Hepatitis A with hepatic coma
- B15.9Hepatitis A without hepatic coma
- B16Acute hepatitis B
- B16.0Acute hepatitis B with delta-agent with hepatic coma
- B16.1Acute hepatitis B with delta-agent without hepatic coma
- B16.2Acute hepatitis B without delta-agent with hepatic coma
- B16.9Acute hepatitis B without delta-agent and without hepatic coma
- B17Other acute viral hepatitis
- B17.0Acute delta-(super) infection of hepatitis B carrier
- B17.1Acute hepatitis C
- B17.10Acute hepatitis C without hepatic coma
- B17.11Acute hepatitis C with hepatic coma
- B17.2Acute hepatitis E
- B17.8Other specified acute viral hepatitis
- B17.9Acute viral hepatitis, unspecified
- B18Chronic viral hepatitis
- B18.0Chronic viral hepatitis B with delta-agent
- B18.1Chronic viral hepatitis B without delta-agent
- B18.2Chronic viral hepatitis C
- B18.8Other chronic viral hepatitis
- B18.9Chronic viral hepatitis, unspecified
- B19Unspecified viral hepatitis
- B19.0Unspecified viral hepatitis with hepatic coma
- B19.1Unspecified viral hepatitis B
- B19.10Unspecified viral hepatitis B without hepatic coma
- B19.11Unspecified viral hepatitis B with hepatic coma
- B19.2Unspecified viral hepatitis C
- B19.20Unspecified viral hepatitis C without hepatic coma
- B19.21Unspecified viral hepatitis C with hepatic coma
- B19.9Unspecified viral hepatitis without hepatic coma
B15-B19 MS-DRGs
This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.
Other codes that refer to B15-B19
Notes on these codes point to B15-B19.
- K70-K77 Excludes2: viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
- K72 Excludes2: viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (B15-B19)
- K73 Excludes1: viral hepatitis (chronic) (B15-B19)
- K74 Code Also: if applicable, viral hepatitis (acute) (chronic) (B15-B19)
- K75.2 Excludes1: viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
- K75.3 Excludes1: viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
- K75.9 Excludes1: viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
- M02 Code First: viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
- O98.4 Includes: Conditions in B15-B19
About the condition
Plain-language background from MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine), not coding guidance.
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Inflammation is swelling that happens when tissues of the body are injured or infected. It can damage your liver. This swelling and damage can affect how well your liver functions.
Read more about hepatitis a on MedlinePlus