Is B08.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. B08.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does B08.5 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).

B08.5

B08.5 — Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B08.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Herpangina

Other codes that can never be billed with B08.5

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at B08.5. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading B08.5 alone.

J02.8Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms

Risk adjustment

B08.5 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.

How B08.5 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to B08.5.

Herpangina
Zahorsky's syndrome(herpangina)
Angina›aphthous
Coxsackie›pharyngitis
Pharyngitis›aphthous
Pharyngitis›coxsackievirus
Pharyngitis›enteroviral vesicular
Pharyngitis›vesicular, enteroviral
Syndrome›Zahorsky's
Infection, infected, infective›pharynx›coxsackievirus
Sore›throat›coxsackie(virus)
Sore›throat›viral NEC›coxsackie

Related codes at this level

Codes that share B08. If B08.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about B08.5

Is B08.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. B08.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does B08.5 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).