B02.29 Other postherpetic nervous system involvement

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

Applicable to

• Postherpetic radiculopathy

Applies from B02 Zoster [herpes zoster]

Includes

• shingles
• zona

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• RxHCC V08: HCC 168 — Trigeminal and Postherpetic Neuralgia

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 073-074 in MDC 01.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 053.10 Herpes zoster with unspecified nervous system complication (approximate)
• 053.19 Herpes zoster with other nervous system complications (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B02.29

Back-references to B02.29

• Type 1 Excludes: H94.0 Acoustic neuritis in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere ("herpes zoster (B02.29)")

Back-references to B02

• Type 2 Excludes: B10 Other human herpesviruses ("herpes zoster (B02.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: B10 Other human herpesviruses ("human herpesvirus 3 (B01.-, B02.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: B10 Other human herpesviruses ("zoster (B02.-)")
• Code First: H67 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere ("viral disease NEC (B00-B34)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B02.29

• Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic › zoster › neuritis, neuralgia
• Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute) › cranial › postherpetic, postzoster
• Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute) › postherpetic NEC
• Neuritis (rheumatoid) › postherpetic, postzoster
• Postherpetic neuralgia (zoster)
• Radiculopathy › postherpetic

Nearby codes

• B02.2 Zoster with other nervous system involvement
• B02.21 Postherpetic geniculate ganglionitis
• B02.22 Postherpetic trigeminal neuralgia
• B02.23 Postherpetic polyneuropathy
• B02.24 Postherpetic myelitis
• B02.29 Other postherpetic nervous system involvement (this code)
• B02.3 Zoster ocular disease
• B02.30 Zoster ocular disease, unspecified
• B02.31 Zoster conjunctivitis
• B02.32 Zoster iridocyclitis
• B02.33 Zoster keratitis