B55.0
Visceral leishmaniasis
Billable code
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
This code · B55.0
Synonyms
Kala-azar Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis
Inherited from B50-B64Protozoal diseases
Inherited from chapter 1Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Includes
diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes 1
certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes 2
carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use additional
code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Official Guidelines for B55.0
FY 2026 ›I.C.1Chapter-specific guidanceChapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99), U07.1, U09.9
Subsections
- I.C.1.aHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections
- I.C.1.bInfectious agents as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
- I.C.1.cInfections resistant to antibiotics
- I.C.1.dSepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock Infections resistant to antibiotics
- I.C.1.eMethicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Conditions
- I.C.1.fZika virus infections
- I.C.1.gCoronavirus infections
Find B55.0 in the alphabetic index
22 index paths lead to this code
- Assam fever
- Burdwan fever
- Dumdum fever
- Kala-azar
- Ponos
- Sahib disease
- Sirkari's disease
- Sudanese kala-azar
- Disease, diseased › Sirkari's
- Dysentery, dysenteric › leishmanial
- Fever › Assam
- Fever › Burdwan
- Leishmaniasis › infantile
- Leishmaniasis › Mediterranean
- Leishmaniasis › visceral
- Leishmanoid, dermal › post-kala-azar
- Mediterranean › kala-azar
- Mediterranean › leishmaniasis
- Infection, infected, infective › Leishmania › chagasi
- Infection, infected, infective › Leishmania › donovani
- Infection, infected, infective › Leishmania › infantum
- Leishmaniasis › dermal › post-kala-azar