A88.8 — Other specified viral infections of central nervous system
A88.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified viral infections of central nervous system. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
A88.8 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
A88.8 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
- A57206Billing and Coding: Lumbar MRI
How A88.8 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 A88.8.
- Coxsackie›central nervous system NEC
- Disease, diseased›enteroviral, enterovirus NEC›central nervous system NEC
- Infection, infected, infective›virus, viral NOS›central nervous system›enterovirus NEC
- Infection, infected, infective›virus, viral NOS›central nervous system›specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share A88. If A88.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about A88.8
- Is A88.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. A88.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does A88.8 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).