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B05

Measles

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • B05.0 Measles complicated by encephalitis
  • B05.1 Measles complicated by meningitis
  • B05.2 Measles complicated by pneumonia
  • B05.3 Measles complicated by otitis media
  • B05.4 Measles with intestinal complications
  • B05.8 Measles with other complications (also a header)
  • B05.9 Measles without complication

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 Measles

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

  • subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (A81.1)

Includes

  • morbilli