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B00

Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • B00.0 Eczema herpeticum
  • B00.1 Herpesviral vesicular dermatitis
  • B00.2 Herpesviral gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis
  • B00.3 Herpesviral meningitis
  • B00.4 Herpesviral encephalitis
  • B00.5 Herpesviral ocular disease (also a header)
  • B00.7 Disseminated herpesviral disease
  • B00.8 Other forms of herpesviral infections (also a header)
  • B00.9 Herpesviral infection, unspecified

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 [herpes simplex] infections

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • congenital herpesviral infections (P35.2)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • anogenital herpesviral infection (A60.-)
  • gammaherpesviral mononucleosis (B27.0-)
  • herpangina (B08.5)