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Hi, could anyone help me with the icd code for hand foot and mouth disease?

We got B08.4 (Enteroviral vesicular stomatitis with exanthem), but my doctor says that this code seems to reflect mostly on the stomatitis, but not the actual condition of the disease. Any better coding for this (systemic virus infection with manifestation on hand, foot and mouth)

Thank you.

Bamboo
 
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease B08.4

B08.4 is correct though the wording of the code descriptor may seem to focus on the enteroviral stomatitis rather than the exanthum. The alphabetic index directs to this code for hand, foot, and mouth disease under the main term, disease and sub-term, hand, foot and mouth. The tabular list also includes "Hand, foot, and mouth" disease as an inclusion term for code B08.4.

I hope that helps.
Cindy
 
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