B08.3

B08.3: Erythema infectiosum [fifth disease]

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B08.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for erythema infectiosum [fifth disease]. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check B08.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B08.3

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)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

B08.3 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56718Billing and Coding: Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fifth disease
Megalerythema(epidemic)
Sticker's disease
Disease, diseased›fifth
Disease, diseased›Sticker's(erythema infectiosum)
Erythema, erythematous›infectiosum
Infection, infected, infective›erythema infectiosum

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.