Eczema herpeticum

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 Eczema herpeticum

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 B00 Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital herpesviral infections (P35.2)

Excludes2 - not included here

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

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.

Eczema > herpeticum
Eruption > Kaposi's varicelliform
Kaposi's > varicelliform eruption
Eruption > skin > Kaposi's varicelliform

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
B00.1	Herpesviral vesicular dermatitis	Valid
B00.2	Herpesviral gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis	Valid
B00.3	Herpesviral meningitis	Valid
B00.4	Herpesviral encephalitis	Valid
B00.5	Herpesviral ocular disease	Not billable
B00.7	Disseminated herpesviral disease	Valid
B00.8	Other forms of herpesviral infections	Not billable
B00.9	Herpesviral infection, unspecified	Valid