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B00.81

B00.81: Herpesviral hepatitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B00.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for herpesviral hepatitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B00.81

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 B00.81

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with B00.81

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • K77Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Hepatitis›herpesviral
  • Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›simplex›hepatitis

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B00.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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