B97.89
B97.89 — Other viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
B97.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
B97.89 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.
How B97.89 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to B97.89.
- Virus, viral›as cause of disease classified elsewhere
- Infection, infected, infective›rhinovirus›as cause of disease classified elsewhere
- Infection, infected, infective›virus, viral NOS›as cause of disease classified elsewhere
- Infection, infected, infective›virus, viral NOS›as cause of disease classified elsewhere›specified NEC
- Infection, infected, infective›virus, viral NOS›rhinovirus›as cause of disease classified elsewhere
- Infection, infected, infective›virus, viral NOS›specified type NEC›as cause of disease classified elsewhere
Related codes at this level
Codes that share B97.8. If B97.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about B97.89
- Is B97.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. B97.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does B97.89 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), in the block Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97).