Herpesviral gingivostomatitis and pharyngotonsillitis
Billable / specific
B00.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Herpesviral pharyngitis
Includes (from B00)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from B00)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B00)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B00)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B00)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B00)
- anogenital herpesviral infection (A60.-) (from B00)
- gammaherpesviral mononucleosis (B27.0-) (from B00)
- herpangina (B08.5) (from B00)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Herpesviral pharyngitis
- Gingivostomatitis, herpesviral
- Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic, gingivostomatitis
- Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic, pharyngitis, pharyngotonsillitis
- Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic, stomatitis
- Pharyngitis, herpesviral
- Pharyngotonsillitis, herpesviral
- Sore, throat, herpesviral
- Stomatitis, herpesviral, herpetic
Parent code
- B00Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infectionsHeader
Related codes
- B00.0Eczema herpeticumBillable
- B00.1Herpesviral vesicular dermatitisBillable
- B00.3Herpesviral meningitisBillable
- B00.4Herpesviral encephalitisBillable
- B00.5Herpesviral ocular diseaseHeader
- B00.7Disseminated herpesviral diseaseBillable
- B00.8Other forms of herpesviral infectionsHeader
- B00.9Herpesviral infection, unspecifiedBillable