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B06.81

B06.81: Rubella pneumonia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B06.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for rubella pneumonia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check B06.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B06.81

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on B06: Rubella [German measles]

  • congenital rubella (P35.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with B06.81

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

  • J17Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Pneumonia›in›rubella

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B06.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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