B02.21
Postherpetic geniculate ganglionitis
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
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 4
Index entries leading here 8
- Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic B00.9
- Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- Hunt's (herpetic geniculate ganglionitis) (neuralgia) B02.21
- Hunt's
- Neuritis (rheumatoid) M79.2
- Ganglionitis
- Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute) M79.2
- Hunt's B02.21
- Syndrome — see also Disease
- Hunt's (herpetic geniculate ganglionitis) (neuralgia) B02.21
- Ramsay-Hunt disease or syndrome B02.21
Alongside this code 4 same parent — B02.2
Additional references
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