B08.8

Other specified viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions

Billable / specific

B08.8 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

  • Enteroviral lymphonodular pharyngitis
  • Foot-and-mouth disease
  • Poxvirus NEC

Includes (from B08)

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • vesicular stomatitis virus disease (A93.8) (from B08)

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.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-) (from B08)

Also known as

  • Enteroviral lymphonodular pharyngitis
  • Foot-and-mouth disease
  • Poxvirus NEC
  • Aphthae, aphthous, epizootic
  • Aphthae, aphthous, fever
  • Cotia virus
  • Disease, diseased, foot and mouth
  • Disease, diseased, fourth
  • Exanthem, exanthema, viral, virus, specified type NEC
  • Fever, aphthous
  • Infection, infected, infective, cotia virus
  • Infection, infected, infective, virus, viral NOS, cotia
  • Pharyngitis, lymphonodular, acute
  • Stomatitis, epidemic
  • Stomatitis, epizootic

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
  • B08.5Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitisBillable
  • B08.6Parapoxvirus infectionsHeader
  • B08.7Yatapoxvirus infectionsHeader

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