B00.8Other forms of herpesviral infections

B00.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other forms of herpesviral infections. It belongs to category B00 (herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections), block B00-B09 (viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions) and chapter 1 (certain infectious and parasitic diseases). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within B00, choose B00.8 (Other forms of herpesviral infections) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: eczema herpeticum (B00.0), herpesviral vesicular dermatitis (B00.1), herpesviral gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis (B00.2), herpesviral meningitis (B00.3), herpesviral encephalitis (B00.4), herpesviral ocular disease (B00.5), disseminated herpesviral disease (B00.7) and herpesviral infection, unspecified (B00.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: B00.81 (hepatitis), B00.82 (myelitis) and B00.89 (infection).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.