B97.8Other viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

B97.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere. It belongs to category B97 (viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere), block B95-B97 (bacterial and viral infectious agents) and chapter 1 (certain infectious and parasitic diseases). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within B97, choose B97.8 (Other viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: adenovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B97.0), enterovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B97.1), coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B97.2), retrovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B97.3), respiratory syncytial virus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B97.4), Reovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B97.5), Parvovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B97.6) and papillomavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B97.7).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: B97.81 (elsewhere) and B97.89 (elsewhere).

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