ICD-10-CM Code B00.2

Valid for Submission

B00.2 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of herpesviral gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code B00.2 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like acute herpes simplex pharyngitis, acute herpes zoster pharyngitis, acute viral pharyngitis, acute viral pharyngitis, allergic contact gingivostomatitis, allergic gingival disease, etc

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code B00.2:

Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.

• Herpesviral pharyngitis

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code B00.2 are found in the index:

• - Gingivostomatitis - K05.10
  • - herpesviral - B00.2

• - Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic - B00.9
  • - gingivostomatitis - B00.2
  • - pharyngitis, pharyngotonsillitis - B00.2
  • - stomatitis - B00.2

• - Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal) (gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) - J02.9
  • - herpesviral - B00.2

• - Pharyngotonsillitis, herpesviral - B00.2

• - Sore
  • - throat (acute) - See Also: Pharyngitis;
    • - herpesviral - B00.2

• - Stomatitis (denture) (ulcerative) - K12.1
  • - herpesviral, herpetic - B00.2

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Acute herpes simplex pharyngitis
• Acute herpes zoster pharyngitis
• Acute viral pharyngitis
• Acute viral pharyngitis
• Allergic contact gingivostomatitis
• Allergic gingival disease
• Contact gingivostomatitis
• Contact gingivostomatitis
• Contact mucous membrane inflammation
• Contact mucous membrane inflammation
• Contact stomatitis
• Contact stomatitis
• Gingival disease due to virus
• Gingivostomatitis
• Gingivostomatitis
• Gingivostomatitis
• Herpetic gingivostomatitis
• Irritant contact gingivostomatitis
• Oral herpes simplex infection
• Oral herpes simplex infection
• Oral mucosal herpes
• Oral mucosal viral disease
• Pharyngotonsillitis caused by Human herpes simplex virus
• Primary herpes simplex
• Primary oral herpes simplex infection
• Recurrent oral gingivostomatitis caused by herpes simplex
• Recurrent oral herpes simplex infection
• Viral tonsillitis

Convert B00.2 to ICD-9

• 054.2 - Herpetic gingivostomat

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09)
    • Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections (B00)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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