Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis
Billable / specific
B08.5 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
- Herpangina
Includes (from B08)
- 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 B08)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from B08)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from B08)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from B08)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from B08)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Herpangina
- Angina, aphthous
- Coxsackie, pharyngitis
- Infection, infected, infective, pharynx, coxsackievirus
- Pharyngitis, aphthous
- Pharyngitis, coxsackievirus
- Pharyngitis, enteroviral vesicular
- Pharyngitis, vesicular, enteroviral
- Sore, throat, coxsackie
- Sore, throat, viral NEC, coxsackie
- Syndrome, Zahorsky's
- Zahorsky's syndrome
Parent code
- B08Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
Related codes
- B08.0Other orthopoxvirus infectionsHeader
- B08.1Molluscum contagiosumBillable
- B08.2Exanthema subitum [sixth disease]Header
- B08.3Erythema infectiosum [fifth disease]Billable
- B08.4Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthemBillable
- B08.6Parapoxvirus infectionsHeader
- B08.7Yatapoxvirus infectionsHeader
- B08.8Other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesionsBillable