B02.29
B02.29: Other postherpetic nervous system involvement
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B02.29 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other postherpetic nervous system involvement. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B02.29 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Postherpetic radiculopathy
Other codes that can never be billed with B02.29
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- 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.
Medicare coverage
B02.29 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55530Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- A56034Billing and Coding: Nerve Blockade for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neuropathy
- A56607Billing and Coding: Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks (CPNB)
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Postherpetic neuralgia(zoster)
- Neuralgia, neuralgic›postherpetic NEC
- Neuritis›postherpetic, postzoster
- Radiculopathy›postherpetic
- Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›zoster›neuritis, neuralgia
- Neuralgia, neuralgic›cranial›postherpetic, postzoster
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.