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).

What cannot be coded together with B08.0?

B08.0 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 B08.0 (B08) and apply to it just the same.

B08.0

B08.0 — Other orthopoxvirus infections

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

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)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B08.0

These are not written on B08.0, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing B08.0 with anything listed here is a denial.

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

vesicular stomatitis virus disease (A93.8)

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 history

B08.0 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 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.

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).
What cannot be coded together with B08.0?: B08.0 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 B08.0 (B08) and apply to it just the same.