Section B65-B83Helminthiases
  1. B77 Ascariasis

    Includes:

    • ascaridiasis
    • roundworm infection
    1. B77.0 Ascariasis with intestinal complications

    2. B77.8 Ascariasis with other complications

      1. B77.81 Ascariasis pneumonia

      2. B77.89 Ascariasis with other complications

    3. B77.9 Ascariasis, unspecified

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.