A88.0 — Enteroviral exanthematous fever [Boston exanthem]
A88.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for enteroviral exanthematous fever [boston exanthem]. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
A88.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A88.0 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How A88.0 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to A88.0.
- Boston exanthem
- Exanthem, exanthema›Boston
- Exanthem, exanthema›epidemic with meningitis
- Fever›enteroviral exanthematous(Boston exanthem)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A88. If A88.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A88.0
- Is A88.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. A88.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does A88.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89).