B00.7 Disseminated herpesviral disease

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Major Complication or Comorbidity (MCC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Herpesviral sepsis

Applies from B00 Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections

Excludes1 (never code together)

• congenital herpesviral infections (P35.2)

Excludes2 (not included here)

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

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 2 — Septicemia, Sepsis, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/Shock
• CMS-HCC V22: HCC 2 — Septicemia, Sepsis, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/Shock
• ESRD V24: HCC 2

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 791 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 054.5 Herpetic septicemia

Code annotations containing back-references to B00.7

Back-references to B00.7

• Type 2 Excludes: A41 Other sepsis ("sepsis (due to) (in) herpesviral (B00.7)")

Back-references to B00

• Type 2 Excludes: B10 Other human herpesviruses ("herpes simplex (B00.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: B10 Other human herpesviruses ("human herpesvirus NOS (B00.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: B10 Other human herpesviruses ("human herpesvirus 1 and 2 (B00.-)")
• Code Also: D81.82 Activated Phosphoinositide 3-kinase Delta Syndrome [APDS] ("herpes virus infections (B00.-)")
• Code First: H67 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere ("viral disease NEC (B00-B34)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B00.7

• Disease, diseased › herpesviral, disseminated
• Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic › sepsis
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › herpes (simplex) › disseminated
• Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism) › herpesviral

Nearby codes

• 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 (this code)
• B00.8 Other forms of herpesviral infections
• B00.81 Herpesviral hepatitis
• B00.82 Herpes simplex myelitis
• B00.89 Other herpesviral infection
• B00.9 Herpesviral infection, unspecified