117.5 CRYPTOCOCCOSIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 117.5

Short Description: Cryptococcosis

Long Description: Cryptococcosis

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Mycoses (110-118)
      • 117 Other mycoses
        • 117.5 Cryptococcosis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 117.5 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Blastomycosis, blastomycotic (chronic) (cutaneous) (disseminated) (lung) (pulmonary) (systemic) 116.0
    • European 117.5
  • Busse-Buschke disease (cryptococcosis) 117.5
  • Cryptococcosis (European) (pulmonary) (systemic) 117.5
  • Cryptococcus 117.5
    • epidermicus 117.5
    • neoformans, infection by 117.5
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Busse-Buschke (cryptococcosis) 117.5
  • Encephalitis (bacterial) (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) 323.9
    • torula, torular 117.5 [323.41]
  • European blastomycosis 117.5
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • Blastomyces, blastomycotic 116.0
      • European 117.5
    • Cryptococcus neoformans 117.5
    • Torula histolytica 117.5
  • Meningitis (basal) (basic) (basilar) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetica) (toxic) 322.9
    • cryptococcal 117.5 [321.0]
    • torula 117.5 [321.0]
  • Meningoencephalomyelitis (see also Meningoencephalitis) 323.9
    • due to
      • torula 117.5 [323.41]
  • Meningomyelitis (see also Meningoencephalitis) 323.9
    • due to
      • torula 117.5 [323.41]
  • Neoformans cryptococcus infection 117.5
  • Torula, torular (infection) 117.5
    • histolytica 117.5
    • lung 117.5
  • Torulosis 117.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 117.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
117.5 Right Arrow B45.0 Pulmonary cryptococcosis
B45.7 Disseminated cryptococcosis
B45.9 Cryptococcosis, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
117.0 Rhinosporidiosis
117.1 Sporotrichosis
117.2 Chromoblastomycosis
117.3 Aspergillosis
117.4 Mycotic mycetomas
117.6 Allescheriosis [Petriellidosis]
117.7 Zygomycosis [Phycomycosis or Mucormycosis]
117.8 Infection by dematiacious fungi [Phaehyphomycosis]
117.9 Other and unspecified mycoses


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