B08.1
Molluscum contagiosum
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 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 2
Index entries leading here 3
Alongside this code 8 same parent — B08
B08.0 Other orthopoxvirus infections category B08.2 Exanthema subitum [sixth disease] category B08.3 Erythema infectiosum [fifth disease] B08.4 Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem B08.5 Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis B08.6 Parapoxvirus infections category B08.7 Yatapoxvirus infections category B08.8 Oth viral infections with skin and mucous membrane lesions
Medications 1
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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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.