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.
Check B00.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion 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
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B00.1
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above B00.1
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with B00.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- H62.4Otitis externa in other diseases classified elsewhere
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B00.1 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- 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
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- 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)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.