B08.6
B08.6 — Parapoxvirus infections
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B08.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for parapoxvirus infections. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
B08.6 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.
Code to one of these instead B08.6
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B08. If B08.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- B08.0Other orthopoxvirus infections
- B08.1Molluscum contagiosum
- B08.2Exanthema subitum [sixth disease]
- B08.3Erythema infectiosum [fifth disease]
- B08.4Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem
- B08.5Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis
- B08.7Yatapoxvirus infections
- B08.8Other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions
Questions about B08.6
- Is B08.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. B08.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does B08.6 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).