B08.6Parapoxvirus infections

B08.6 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for parapoxvirus infections. It belongs to category B08 (other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified), 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 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within B08 (other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified), B08.6 is specifically for parapoxvirus infections. Related codes cover other orthopoxvirus infections (B08.0), Molluscum contagiosum (B08.1), exanthema subitum [sixth disease] (B08.2), erythema infectiosum [fifth disease] (B08.3), enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem (B08.4), enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis (B08.5), yatapoxvirus infections (B08.7) and other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B08.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: B08.60 (unspecified), B08.61 (stomatitis), B08.62 (Sealpox) and B08.69 (infections).

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