B17.8
B17.8: Other specified acute viral hepatitis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B17.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified acute viral hepatitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check B17.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Hepatitis non-A non-B (acute) (viral) NEC
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
B17.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Hepatitis›viral, virus›non-A, non-B
- Hepatitis›viral, virus›specified type NEC(with or without coma)
- Hepatitis›viral, virus›type›non-A, non-B
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.