Is B06.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. B06.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does B06.8 sit in the tabular list?

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09).

What cannot be coded together with B06.8?

B06.8 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above B06.8 (B06) and apply to it just the same.

B06.8

B06.8 — Rubella with other complications

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

B06.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for rubella with other complications. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B06.8

These are not written on B06.8, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing B06.8 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on B06 — Rubella [German measles]

congenital rubella (P35.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with B06.8

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at B06.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading B06.8 alone.

J17Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere
M01Direct infections of joint in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere
M02Postinfective and reactive arthropathies

Risk adjustment

B06.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code history

B06.8 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead B06.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share B06. If B06.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about B06.8

Is B06.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. B06.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does B06.8 sit in the tabular list?: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09).
What cannot be coded together with B06.8?: B06.8 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above B06.8 (B06) and apply to it just the same.