Shingles (herpes zoster) is a painful rash caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you've had chickenpox, the virus remains inactive in nerve tissue. Years later, the virus may reactivate as shingles. A shingles outbreak may start with pain with no obvious external cause.
B02.9B02. 9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
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Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes varicella (chickenpox).
ICD-10-CM Code for Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections B00.
B02B02: Zoster [herpes zoster]
Disseminated herpes zoster is usually defined as a generalized eruption of more than 10-12 extradermatomal vesicles occurring 7-14 days after the onset of classic dermatomal herpes zoster. Typically, it is clinically indistinguishable from varicella (chickenpox).
288.60 - Leukocytosis, unspecified. ICD-10-CM.
ICD-10 | Unspecified abdominal pain (R10. 9)
Genital herpes is caused by herpes simplex 2. The condition we call shingles is caused by herpes zoster. Herpes zoster is the same viral infection that causes chicken pox, and the herpes zoster virus can live in the body for years after the case of chicken pox is gone, and re-emerge as the painful blisters of shingles.
Because it has the word 'herpes' in the name, you might think that it's related to cold sores or genital warts, but this is not the case. Although shingles belongs to the herpes family it is a different virus to the one that causes genital herpes or cold sores. This means that it's not a sexually transmitted infection.
Herpes zoster is caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus. After a person has had chickenpox, the virus lies dormant in certain nerves for many years.