Unspecified viral hepatitis without hepatic coma
- B19.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM B19.9 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B19.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 B19.9 may differ.
Applicable To
- Viral hepatitis NOS
The following code(s) above B19.9 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to B19.9:
- A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- B15-B19 Viral hepatitis
Approximate Synonyms
- Hepatitis, viral
- Postpartum (after childbirth) viral hepatitis
- Postpartum viral hepatitis
- Viral arthritis co-occurrent with hepatitis
- Viral arthritis with hepatitis
- Viral hepatitis
- Viral hepatitis in childbirth
- Viral hepatitis in pregnancy
Clinical Information
- A disorder characterized by a viral pathologic process involving the liver parenchyma.
- An acute or chronic inflammation of the liver parenchyma caused by viruses. Representative examples include hepatitis a, b, and c, cytomegalovirus hepatitis, and herpes simplex hepatitis.
ICD-10-CM B19.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
- 441 Disorders of liver except malignancy, cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis with mcc
- 442 Disorders of liver except malignancy, cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis with cc
- 443 Disorders of liver except malignancy, cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis without cc/mcc
- 791 Prematurity with major problems
- 793 Full term neonate with major problems
Convert B19.9 to ICD-9-CMCode History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to B19.9:
- Code Also: K76.82
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to B19.9:
- ArthropathyM12.9 – see also Arthritis
- in (due to)
- viral hepatitis B19.9 (postinfectious)
- postinfectious NECB99
- in (due to)
- viral hepatitis NEC B19.9
- in (due to)
- in (due to)
- HepatitisK75.9
- viral, virus B19.9