J10.8
J10.8 — Influenza due to other identified influenza virus with other manifestations
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
J10.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for influenza due to other identified influenza virus with other manifestations. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with J10.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at J10.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading J10.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
J10.8 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 J10.8
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- J10.81Influenza due to other identified influenza virus with encephalopathy
- J10.82Influenza due to other identified influenza virus with myocarditis
- J10.83Influenza due to other identified influenza virus with otitis media
- J10.89Influenza due to other identified influenza virus with other manifestations
Related codes at this level
Codes that share J10. If J10.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about J10.8
- Is J10.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. J10.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does J10.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), in the block Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18).