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B08.010

B08.010: Cowpox

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B08.010 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cowpox. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B08.010

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 B08.010

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

Written on B08.0: Other orthopoxvirus infections

  • monkeypox (B04)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Cowpox

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B08.01

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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