B02.8 Zoster with other complications

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

Applicable to

• Herpes zoster otitis externa

Applies from B02 Zoster [herpes zoster]

Includes

• shingles
• zona

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 053.71 Otitis externa due to herpes zoster (approximate)
• 053.79 Herpes zoster with other specified complications (approximate)
• 053.8 Herpes zoster with unspecified complication (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to B02.8

Back-references to B02.8

• Type 1 Excludes: H62.4 Otitis externa in other diseases classified elsewhere ("herpes zoster (B02.8)")

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 B02.8

• Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic › zoster › complicated NEC
• Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic › zoster › specified complication NEC
• Otitis (acute) › externa › in (due to) › herpes (simplex) virus infection › zoster
• Otitis (acute) › externa › in (due to) › zoster

Nearby codes

• B02.32 Zoster iridocyclitis
• B02.33 Zoster keratitis
• B02.34 Zoster scleritis
• B02.39 Other herpes zoster eye disease
• B02.7 Disseminated zoster
• B02.8 Zoster with other complications (this code)
• B02.9 Zoster without complications