2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B97.8

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Other viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • Short description: Oth viral agents as the cause of diseases classd elswhr
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM B97.8 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of B97.8 – other international versions of ICD-10 B97.8 may differ.

The following code(s) above B97.8 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to B97.8:

  • A00-B99  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
  • B95-B97  Bacterial and viral infectious agents

Code History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change