B08.3 Erythema infectiosum [fifth disease]

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

Applies from B08 Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 (never code together)

• vesicular stomatitis virus disease (A93.8)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 865-866 in MDC 18.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 057.0 Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease)

Code annotations containing back-references to B08.3

Back-references to B08

• Code First: H67 Otitis media in diseases classified elsewhere ("viral disease NEC (B00-B34)")

Diagnosis Index entries for B08.3

• Disease, diseased › fifth
• Disease, diseased › Sticker's (erythema infectiosum)
• Erythema, erythematous (infectional) (inflammation) › infectiosum
• Fifth disease
• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › erythema infectiosum
• Megalerythema (epidemic)
• Sticker's disease

Nearby codes

• B08.1 Molluscum contagiosum
• B08.2 Exanthema subitum [sixth disease]
• B08.20 Exanthema subitum [sixth disease], unspecified
• B08.21 Exanthema subitum [sixth disease] due to human herpesvirus 6
• B08.22 Exanthema subitum [sixth disease] due to human herpesvirus 7
• B08.3 Erythema infectiosum [fifth disease] (this code)
• B08.4 Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem
• B08.5 Enteroviral vesicular pharyngitis
• B08.6 Parapoxvirus infections
• B08.60 Parapoxvirus infection, unspecified
• B08.61 Bovine stomatitis