Section B15-B19Viral hepatitis

Excludes1

  • sequelae of viral hepatitis (B94.2)

Excludes2

  • cytomegaloviral hepatitis (B25.1)
  • herpesviral [herpes simplex] hepatitis (B00.81)
  1. B16 Acute hepatitis B

    1. B16.0 Acute hepatitis B with delta-agent with hepatic coma

    2. B16.1 Acute hepatitis B with delta-agent without hepatic coma

    3. B16.2 Acute hepatitis B without delta-agent with hepatic coma

    4. B16.9 Acute hepatitis B without delta-agent and without hepatic coma

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Hepatitis B (acute) (viral) NOS
Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.