Cowpox and vaccinia not from vaccine

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 2 more specific codes instead:

B08.010 Cowpox
B08.011 Vaccinia not from vaccine

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Cowpox and vaccinia not from vaccine

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 B08 Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 - never coded here

vesicular stomatitis virus disease (A93.8)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
B08.02	Orf virus disease	Valid
B08.03	Pseudocowpox [milker's node]	Valid
B08.04	Paravaccinia, unspecified	Valid
B08.09	Other orthopoxvirus infections	Valid