Valid for Submission
B00.9 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of herpesviral infection, unspecified. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code B00.9 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like cellular changes consistent with herpes simplex, chronic herpes simplex, chronic infection caused by herpes simplex virus co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection, combined herpes simplex 1 and herpes simplex 2 infection, herpes in pregnancy, herpes simplex, etc
| ICD-10: | B00.9 |
| Short Description: | Herpesviral infection, unspecified |
| Long Description: | Herpesviral infection, unspecified |
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 B00.9:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese 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.
- Herpes simplex infection NOS
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 B00.9 are found in the index:
- - Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic - B00.9
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Cellular changes consistent with Herpes simplex
- Chronic herpes simplex
- Chronic infection caused by herpes simplex virus co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection
- Combined Herpes simplex 1 and Herpes simplex 2 infection
- Herpes in pregnancy
- Herpes simplex
- Herpes simplex infection of buttock
- Herpes simplex infection of skin
- Herpes simplex type 1 infection
- Herpes simplex type 2 infection
- Herpes simplex without complication
- Herpesvirus infection
- Infection caused by herpes simplex virus co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection
- Infection of skin and/or mucous membrane caused by Herpes virus
- Nongenital herpes simplex
- Nongenital recurrent herpes simplex
- Otitis externa of left external auditory canal caused by human herpesvirus 3
- Otitis externa of right external auditory canal caused by human herpesvirus 3
- Primary herpes simplex
- Recurrent herpes simplex
- Recurrent herpes simplex infection of buttock
- Recurrent skin infection
Diagnostic Related Groups
The ICD-10 code B00.9 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2019 through 09/30/2020.
Convert B00.9 to ICD-9
Code Classification
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