B01.1
B01.1: Varicella encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B01.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for varicella encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Postchickenpox encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis
Other codes that can never be billed with B01.1
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead B01.1
2 child codes. Green means billable.