2025 ICD-10-CM code B40.7
(Active) Effective Date: N/A Infectious and parasitic diseases - Mycoses Certain infectious and parasitic diseases Feed
Disseminated blastomycosis. This systemic fungal infection spreads from the lungs to other organs.
Medical necessity for treatment is established by confirming the diagnosis of disseminated blastomycosis through laboratory and/or imaging evidence. The severity of the infection and the patient's overall health condition also contribute to determining medical necessity.
Diagnosis and treatment of disseminated blastomycosis typically involve a combination of physical examination, laboratory tests (blood, urine, sputum cultures, and biopsies), and imaging studies (chest X-rays and CT scans). Treatment often includes antifungal medications like itraconazole, amphotericin B, or ketoconazole.
In simple words: Disseminated blastomycosis is a serious infection caused by a fungus. It starts in the lungs and spreads through the body to places like the skin, bones, and brain. It's more common in people with weakened immune systems.
Disseminated blastomycosis is a form of blastomycosis that spreads throughout the body. Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores, typically found in moist soil and decaying vegetation. In disseminated blastomycosis, the infection spreads from the lungs via the bloodstream to other organs, including the skin, bones, joints, genitourinary system, and central nervous system. Symptoms vary depending on the affected area, and can include skin lesions, joint pain, inflammation of the prostate or testes in men, inflammation of the endometrium in women, meningitis, and brain abscesses.
Example 1: A patient presents with skin ulcers, joint pain, and fever after a recent trip to the Mississippi River Valley. Tests confirm disseminated blastomycosis., An immunocompromised patient develops pneumonia and subsequent meningitis. Cultures identify Blastomyces dermatitidis, indicating disseminated disease., A patient with a history of pulmonary blastomycosis develops prostate inflammation and bone lesions, indicating dissemination of the infection.
Documentation should include signs and symptoms, travel history, laboratory results (cultures, biopsies), imaging findings, and treatment details.
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