B10.81

B10.81: Human herpesvirus 6 infection

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

B10.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for human herpesvirus 6 infection. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check B10.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above B10.81

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on B10: Other human herpesviruses

cytomegalovirus (B25.9)
Epstein-Barr virus (B27.0-)
herpes NOS (B00.9)
herpes simplex (B00.-)
herpes zoster (B02.-)
human herpesvirus NOS (B00.-)
human herpesvirus 1 and 2 (B00.-)
human herpesvirus 3 (B01.-, B02.-)
human herpesvirus 4 (B27.0-)
human herpesvirus 5 (B25.-)
varicella (B01.-)
zoster (B02.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

B10.81 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic›human›6›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.