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.

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Inclusion terms

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

Herpangina

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B08.5

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 B08.5

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

J02.8Acute pharyngitis due to other specified organisms

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B08