ICD-10-CM Code B06.01

Valid for Submission

B06.01 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of rubella encephalitis. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code B06.01 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like meningitis caused by rubella virus, progressive rubella panencephalitis, rubella encephalitis, rubella infection of central nervous system, rubella infection of central nervous system, rubella meningoencephalitis, 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 B06.01:

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.

• Rubella meningoencephalitis

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 B06.01 are found in the index:

• - Encephalitis (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute) - G04.90
  • - in (due to)
    • - rubella - B06.01

• - Encephalomyelitis - See Also: Encephalitis; - G04.90
  • - rubella - B06.01

Synonyms

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

• Meningitis caused by Rubella virus
• Progressive rubella panencephalitis
• Rubella encephalitis
• Rubella infection of central nervous system
• Rubella infection of central nervous system
• Rubella meningoencephalitis
• Viral meningoencephalitis

Convert B06.01 to ICD-9

• 056.01 - Rubella encephalitis

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09)
    • Rubella [German measles] (B06)

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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