B08.5
Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis
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 3
Index entries leading here 8
- Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) I20.9
- aphthous B08.5
- Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) J02.9
- Sore
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- pharynx — see also Pharyngitis
- coxsackievirus B08.5
- pharynx — see also Pharyngitis
- Coxsackie (virus) (infection) B34.1
- pharyngitis B08.5
- Herpangina B08.5
- Syndrome — see also Disease
- Zahorsky's B08.5
- Zahorsky's syndrome (herpangina) B08.5
Alongside this code 8 same parent — B08
B08.0 Other orthopoxvirus infections category B08.1 Molluscum contagiosum B08.2 Exanthema subitum [sixth disease] category B08.3 Erythema infectiosum [fifth disease] B08.4 Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem B08.6 Parapoxvirus infections category B08.7 Yatapoxvirus infections category B08.8 Oth viral infections with skin and mucous membrane lesions
Additional references
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