B00.0

B00.0: Eczema herpeticum

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B00.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for eczema herpeticum. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Kaposi's varicelliform eruption

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B00.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on B00: Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections

congenital herpesviral infections (P35.2)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above B00.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on B00: Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections

anogenital herpesviral infection (A60.-)
gammaherpesviral mononucleosis (B27.0-)
herpangina (B08.5)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

B00.0 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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