1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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2. A00-B99
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3. B25-B34
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4. B26-
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5. 2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B26.9

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B26.9

Mumps without complication

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code

• B26.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM B26.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.
• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B26.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 B26.9 may differ.

• Mumps

• A contagious viral infection caused by the mumps virus. Symptoms include swollen and tender parotid glands, fever, muscle aches and fatigue. Due to vaccination programs, mumps has become a rare disease.
• Acute, inflammatory, contagious disease caused by rubulavirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, especially the parotids, and sometimes of the pancreas, ovaries, or testes; spread by direct contact, airborne droplet nuclei, fomites contaminated by infectious saliva, and perhaps urine.
• An acute infectious disease caused by rubulavirus, spread by direct contact, airborne droplet nuclei, fomites contaminated by infectious saliva, and perhaps urine, and usually seen in children under the age of 15, although adults may also be affected. (from Dorland, 28th ed)
• Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus. It starts with
  • fever
  • headache
  • muscle aches
  • tiredness
  • loss of appetite
  after that, the salivary glands under the ears or jaw become swollen and tender. The swelling can be on one or both sides of the face. Symptoms last 7 to 10 days. Serious complications are rare.you can catch mumps by being with another person who has it. There is no treatment for mumps, but the measles-mumps-rubella (mmr) vaccine can prevent it.before the routine vaccination program in the United States, mumps was a common illness in infants, children and young adults. Now it is a rare disease in the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• 865 Viral illness with mcc
• 866 Viral illness without mcc

Convert B26.9 to ICD-9-CM

• 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

• Mumps B26.9

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.