Is B08 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. B08 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does B08 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 B08?

B08 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

B08

B08 — Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

B08 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

vesicular stomatitis virus disease (A93.8)

Other codes that can never be billed with B08

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at B08. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading B08 alone.

J02.8Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms
T88.1Other complications following immunization, not elsewhere classified
T88.1XXAOther complications following immunization, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter
T88.1XXDOther complications following immunization, not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter
T88.1XXSOther complications following immunization, not elsewhere classified, sequela

Risk adjustment

B08 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 to one of these instead B08

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about B08

Is B08 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. B08 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does B08 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 B08?: B08 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.