B97.8
B97.8 — Other viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
B97.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
B97.8 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 B97.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B97. If B97.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- B97.0Adenovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B97.1Enterovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B97.2Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B97.3Retrovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B97.4Respiratory syncytial virus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B97.5Reovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B97.6Parvovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
- B97.7Papillomavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Questions about B97.8
- Is B97.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. B97.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does B97.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97).