B08.8
Other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions
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 5
Index entries leading here 9
- Aphthae, aphthous — see also condition
- Fever (inanition) (of unknown origin) (persistent) (with chills) (with rigor) R50.9
- aphthous B08.8
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- Cotia virus B08.8
- Disease, diseased — see also Syndrome
- Stomatitis (denture) (ulcerative) K12.1
- Exanthem, exanthema — see also Rash
- Pharyngitis (acute) (catarrhal)(gangrenous) (infective) (malignant) (membranous) (phlegmonous) (pseudomembranous) (simple) (subacute) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (viral) J02.9
- lymphonodular, acute (enteroviral) B08.8
- Poxvirus NEC B08.8
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 B08.5 Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis B08.6 Parapoxvirus infections category B08.7 Yatapoxvirus infections category
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.
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