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B17.8 - Other specified acute viral hepatitis


The ICD 10 Code for Other specified acute viral hepatitis is listed as B17.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: B17.8
Description: Other specified acute viral hepatitis
  • Hepatitis non-A non-B (acute) (viral) NEC
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
441 - Disorders Of Liver Except Malig,cirr,alc Hepa W Mcc
442 - Disorders Of Liver Except Malig,cirr,alc Hepa W Cc
443 - Disorders Of Liver Except Malig,cirr,alc Hepa W/o Cc/mcc
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
Chapter Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
Parent B17 - Other acute viral hepatitis
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 070.49 - Other specified viral hepatitis with hepatic coma (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 070.59 - Other specified viral hepatitis without mention of hepatic coma (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of B17.8:
B17.0 - Acute delta-(super) infection of hepatitis B carrier
B17.1 - Acute hepatitis C
B17.2 - Acute hepatitis E
B17.9 - Acute viral hepatitis, unspecified