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B08.8

B08.8: Other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B08.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions. 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.

  • Enteroviral lymphonodular pharyngitis
  • Foot-and-mouth disease
  • Poxvirus NEC

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above B08.8

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.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Cotia virus
  • Poxvirus NEC
  • Aphthae, aphthous›epizootic
  • Aphthae, aphthous›fever
  • Disease, diseased›foot and mouth
  • Disease, diseased›fourth
  • Fever›aphthous
  • Infection, infected, infective›cotia virus
  • Pharyngitis›lymphonodular, acute(enteroviral)
  • Stomatitis›epidemic
  • Stomatitis›epizootic
  • Exanthem, exanthema›viral, virus›specified type NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under B08

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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