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B00.82

Herpes simplex myelitis

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 never code together
B00code
Excludes1
  • congenital herpesviral infections (P35.2)P35.2
Excludes2
  • anogenital herpesviral infection (A60.-)A60.-
  • gammaherpesviral mononucleosis (B27.0-)B27.0-
  • herpangina (B08.5)B08.5
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 2
A00-B99chapter
Includes
  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Use additional code
  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)Z16.-
Index entries leading here 2
  • Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic B00.9
  • Myelitis (acute) (ascending) (childhood) (chronic) (descending) (diffuse) (disseminated) (idiopathic) (pressure) (progressive) (spinal cord) (subacute) G04.91
Alongside this code 2 same parent — B00.8
Medications 2

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references
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Risk adjustment

CMS22HCC72 CMS28HCC182 ESRD21HCC72 ESRD24HCC72 RX08HCC155

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
B00.8
Block
B00-B09
Siblings
2

Present FY2024–FY2027.