B02.8
B02.8: Zoster with other complications
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B02.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for zoster with other complications. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B02.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Herpes zoster otitis externa
Other codes that can never be billed with B02.8
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
B02.8 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56034Billing and Coding: Nerve Blockade for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neuropathy
- A56607Billing and Coding: Continuous Peripheral Nerve Blocks (CPNB)
- A56651Billing and Coding: Epidural Steroid Injections for Pain Management
- A56681Billing and Coding: Epidural Steroid Injections for Pain Management
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›zoster›complicated NEC
- Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›zoster›specified complication NEC
- Otitis›externa›in›zoster
- Otitis›externa›in›herpes virus infection›zoster
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.