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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.

Other codes that can never be billed with B97.8

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • B34Viral infection of unspecified site

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead B97.8

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under B97

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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