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A60.0

Herpesviral infection of genitalia and urogenital tract

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • A60.00 Herpesviral infection of urogenital system, unspecified
  • A60.01 Herpesviral infection of penis
  • A60.02 Herpesviral infection of other male genital organs
  • A60.03 Herpesviral cervicitis
  • A60.04 Herpesviral vulvovaginitis
  • A60.09 Herpesviral infection of other urogenital tract

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Herpesviral infection of genitalia and urogenital tract

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the A50-A64 section Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
  • Reiter's disease (M02.3-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
A60.1 Herpesviral infection of perianal skin and rectum Valid
A60.9 Anogenital herpesviral infection, unspecified Valid