2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B34.2

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Coronavirus infection, unspecified

  • B34.2 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 B34.2 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B34.2 – other international versions of ICD-10 B34.2 may differ.

Type 1 Excludes

  • COVID-19 (U07.1)
  • pneumonia due to SARS-associated coronavirus (J12.81)

The following code(s) above B34.2 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to B34.2:

  • A00-B99  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
  • B34  Viral infection of unspecified site

Approximate Synonyms

  • Coronavirus infection

Clinical Information

  • Virus diseases caused by the coronavirus genus. Some specifics include transmissible enteritis of turkeys (enteritis, transmissible, of turkeys); feline infectious peritonitis; and transmissible gastroenteritis of swine (gastroenteritis, transmissible, of swine).

ICD-10-CM B34.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):

  • 865 Viral illness with mcc
  • 866 Viral illness without mcc

Convert B34.2 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to B34.2: