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B02

B02: Zoster [herpes zoster]

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

B02 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for zoster [herpes zoster]. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

  • shingles
  • zona

Other codes that can never be billed with B02

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

  • G02Meningitis in other infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
  • G05Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis in diseases classified elsewhere
  • G51.1Geniculate ganglionitis
  • G53Cranial nerve disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
  • G63Polyneuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere
  • H20.0Acute and subacute iridocyclitis
  • H62.4Otitis externa in other diseases classified elsewhere
  • H94.0Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

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 B02

7 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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