Enteroviral exanthematous fever [Boston exanthem]

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Enteroviral exanthematous fever [Boston exanthem]

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 A88 Other viral infections of central nervous system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 - never coded here

viral encephalitis NOS (A86)
viral meningitis NOS (A87.9)

Inherited from the A80-A89 section Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)

Excludes1 - never coded here

postpolio syndrome (G14)
sequelae of poliomyelitis (B91)
sequelae of viral encephalitis (B94.1)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Phlyctenulosis
Febris, febrile
Phlyctenulosis > cornea
Fever > viral hemorrhagic
Keratitis > in > exanthema
Disorder > cornea > keratitis
Keratoconjunctivitis > in exanthema
Lagophthalmos > keratoconjunctivitis
Disorder > cornea > keratoconjunctivitis
Opacity, opacities > cornea > inflammatory
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cornea
Keratitis > superficial > with conjunctivitis
Xerophthalmia > unrelated to vitamin A deficiency
Boston exanthem
Exanthem, exanthema > Boston
Fever > enteroviral exanthematous
Exanthem, exanthema > epidemic with meningitis

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
A88.1	Epidemic vertigo	Valid
A88.8	Other specified viral infections of central nervous system	Valid