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ICD-10/B00.9

B00.9 ICD-10-CM Code: Herpesviral infection, unspecified

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 606 — MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITH MCC (MDC 09)
  • MS-DRG 607 — MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 09)
  • MS-DRG 974 — HIV WITH MAJOR RELATED CONDITION WITH MCC (MDC 25)
  • MS-DRG 975 — HIV WITH MAJOR RELATED CONDITION WITH CC (MDC 25)
  • MS-DRG 976 — HIV WITH MAJOR RELATED CONDITION WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 25)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Herpesviral infection, unspecified is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (B00.9).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for B00.9 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Herpes simplex infection NOS

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.

  • congenital herpesviral infections (P35.2)

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

  • anogenital herpesviral infection (A60.-)
  • gammaherpesviral mononucleosis (B27.0-)
  • herpangina (B08.5)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to B00.9 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • B00.50 — Herpesviral ocular disease, unspecified
  • B00.51 — Herpesviral iridocyclitis
  • B00.52 — Herpesviral keratitis
  • B00.53 — Herpesviral conjunctivitis
  • B00.59 — Other herpesviral disease of eye
  • B00.7 — Disseminated herpesviral disease
  • B00.8 — Other forms of herpesviral infections
  • B00.81 — Herpesviral hepatitis
  • B00.82 — Herpes simplex myelitis
  • B00.89 — Other herpesviral infection

View all codes in the B00 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (3)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic
  • Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic, human
  • Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic, simplex