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B56.1 - Rhodesiense trypanosomiasis


The ICD 10 Code for Rhodesiense trypanosomiasis is listed as B56.1.
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: B56.1
Description: Rhodesiense trypanosomiasis
  • East African sleeping sickness
  • Infection due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
867 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Mcc
868 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Cc
869 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
Parent B56 - African trypanosomiasis
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 086.4 - Rhodesian trypanosomiasis
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of B56.1:
B56.0 - Gambiense trypanosomiasis
B56.9 - African trypanosomiasis, unspecified