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B08 - Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified

ICD-10-CM Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases · B00-B09 Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

B08 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 9 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom B08

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • vesicular stomatitis virus disease (A93.8)
IncludesFrom Chapter A00-B99

Conditions this code covers.

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter A00-B99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use Additional CodeFrom Chapter A00-B99

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)

More Specific Codes (9)

B08.0Other orthopoxvirus infections→B08.1Molluscum contagiosum→B08.2Exanthema subitum [sixth disease]→B08.3Erythema infectiosum [fifth disease]→B08.4Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem→B08.5Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis→B08.6Parapoxvirus infections→B08.7Yatapoxvirus infections→B08.8Other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions→

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