054 Herpes simplex (054.0-054.9) ICD-9-CM
The 054.0-054.9 block classified 054 herpes simplex with 23 legacy diagnosis codes. None remain valid for claim submission; each code below links to its reference page with the official ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
Retired Code Set
ICD-9-CM stopped being valid for U.S. claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced it. Use this index for historical lookups and crosswalking; for current coding, start from the ICD-10-CM codes list or the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter.
Legacy Codes in the 054.0-054.9 Block 23 codes
None of these codes remain valid for claim submission. Each code page shows its ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
- 054.0 Eczema herpeticum
- 054.10 Genital herpes NOS
- 054.11 Herpetic vulvovaginitis
- 054.12 Herpetic ulcer of vulva
- 054.13 Herpetic infect of penis
- 054.19 Genital herpes NEC
- 054.2 Herpetic gingivostomat
- 054.3 Herpetic encephalitis
- 054.40 Herpes simplex eye NOS
- 054.41 Herpes simplex of eyelid
- 054.42 Dendritic keratitis
- 054.43 H simplex keratitis
- 054.44 H simplex iridocyclitis
- 054.49 Herpes simplex eye NEC
- 054.5 Herpetic septicemia
- 054.6 Herpetic whitlow
- 054.71 Visceral herpes simplex
- 054.72 H simplex meningitis
- 054.73 H simplex otitis externa
- 054.74 Herpes simplex myelitis
- 054.79 H simplex complicat NEC
- 054.8 H simplex complicat NOS
- 054.9 Herpes simplex NOS
Questions About This Page
Are the 054.0-054.9 codes still billable?
No. Every code in this block became invalid for U.S. claims after September 30, 2015. Each code page linked above shows the ICD-10-CM replacement CMS assigned in the General Equivalence Mappings, and the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter translates any of them directly.
What did the 054.0-054.9 block classify?
The block classified 054 herpes simplex with 23 codes in the final ICD-9-CM release. It sat under Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139) in the legacy hierarchy.
Related References
Source: final CMS ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.
