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ICD-10/B18.0

B18.0 ICD-10-CM Code: Chronic viral hepatitis B with delta-agent

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 441 — DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT MALIGNANCY, CIRRHOSIS OR ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITH MCC (MDC 07)
  • MS-DRG 442 — DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT MALIGNANCY, CIRRHOSIS OR ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITH CC (MDC 07)
  • MS-DRG 443 — DISORDERS OF LIVER EXCEPT MALIGNANCY, CIRRHOSIS OR ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 07)
  • MS-DRG 791 — PREMATURITY WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS (MDC 15)
  • MS-DRG 793 — FULL TERM NEONATE WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS (MDC 15)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Risk Adjustment (CMS-HCC)

Payment categories this diagnosis maps to under CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2026.

  • HCC 65 — Chronic Hepatitis

Other models: CMS-HCC V22 HCC 29 · RxHCC V08 HCC 56

Risk scores depend on the enrollee's full accepted diagnosis set and segment; a category mapping alone does not determine payment.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Chronic viral hepatitis B with delta-agent is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (B18.0).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for B18.0 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • Carrier of viral hepatitis

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.

  • sequelae of viral hepatitis (B94.2)

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

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

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code, if applicable, for ascites (R18.8)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to B18.0 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • B18 — Chronic viral hepatitis
  • B18.1 — Chronic viral hepatitis B without delta-agent
  • B18.2 — Chronic viral hepatitis C
  • B18.8 — Other chronic viral hepatitis
  • B18.9 — Chronic viral hepatitis, unspecified

View all codes in the B18 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (6)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Hepatitis, B, chronic, with delta-agent
  • Hepatitis, D, chronic
  • Hepatitis, viral, virus, chronic, type, B, with delta-agent
  • Hepatitis, viral, virus, chronic, type, D
  • Hepatitis, viral, virus, type, B, chronic, with delta-agent
  • Hepatitis, viral, virus, type, D, chronic