Is B00.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. B00.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does B00.1 sit in the tabular list?

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09).

B00.1

B00.1 — Herpesviral vesicular dermatitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B00.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for herpesviral vesicular dermatitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Herpes simplex facialis
Herpes simplex labialis
Herpes simplex otitis externa
Vesicular dermatitis of ear
Vesicular dermatitis of lip

Other codes that can never be billed with B00.1

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at B00.1. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading B00.1 alone.

H62.4Otitis externa in other diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

B00.1 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

B00.1 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58747Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58761Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

How B00.1 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 B00.1.

Coldsore
Blister›fever
Dermatitis›herpesviral, vesicular(ear) (lip)
Dermatitis›vesicular, herpesviral
Fever›blister
Fever›sore
Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›facialis
Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›febrilis
Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›labialis
Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›lip
Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›simplex›external ear
Otitis›externa›in›herpes virus infection(simplex)

Related codes at this level

Codes that share B00. If B00.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about B00.1

Is B00.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. B00.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does B00.1 sit in the tabular list?: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09).