B08.01

B08.01: Cowpox and vaccinia not from vaccine

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

B08.01 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cowpox and vaccinia not from vaccine. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B08.01

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)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above B08.01

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on B08.0: Other orthopoxvirus infections

monkeypox (B04)

Other codes that can never be billed with B08.01

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 B08.01

2 child codes. Green means billable.