Dermatophytosis
- B35 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM B35 became effective on October 1, 2023.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B35 – other international versions of ICD-10 B35 may differ.
Includes
- favus
- infections due to species of Epidermophyton, Micro-sporum and Trichophyton
- tinea, any type except those in B36.-
The following code(s) above B35 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to B35:
Clinical Information
- A disease of the scalp that may affect the glabrous skin and the nails and is recognized by the concave sulfur-yellow crusts that form around loose, wiry hairs. Atrophy ensues, leaving a smooth, glossy, thin, paper-white patch. This type of disease is rare in the United States and more frequently seen in the middle east, africa, southeastern europe, and other countries bordering the mediterranean sea. (Arnold, Odom, and James, Andrew’s Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p319)
Code 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