B08.0 — Other orthopoxvirus infections
B08.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other orthopoxvirus infections. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- monkeypox (B04)
Other codes that can never be billed with B08.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at B08.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading B08.0 alone.
- 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
B08.0 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 B08.0
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B08. If B08.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- B08.1Molluscum contagiosum
- B08.2Exanthema subitum [sixth disease]
- B08.3Erythema infectiosum [fifth disease]
- B08.4Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem
- B08.5Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis
- B08.6Parapoxvirus infections
- B08.7Yatapoxvirus infections
- B08.8Other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions
Questions about B08.0
- Is B08.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. B08.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does B08.0 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).