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

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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

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

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

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead B08.0

5 child codes. Green means billable.