DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

B03 diagnosis code · Billable category · FY2027

B03 Smallpox

  • Billable
  • CC
  • POA reported

B03 ICD-10 code: a billable diagnosis code in FY2027; the category has no subdivisions.

CC / MCC
CC
MS-DRG
865-866
HCC V28
–
POA
Reported
Code Editor
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Index entries
4

Instructions

At B03

Notes

  • In 1980 the 33rd World Health Assembly declared that smallpox had been eradicated.
  • The classification is maintained for surveillance purposes.

Notes that also apply

Chapter 1 instructions (Includes 1, Excludes2 5, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 1 page.

Index entries

  • Alastrim → B03
  • Smallpox → B03
  • Variola (major) (minor) → B03
  • Varioloid → B03

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Medicare grouping and edits

CMS files for B03
CC / MCCCC
PDX exclusion list0178 (13 codes)
Appendix BMDC 18 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Systemic or Unspecified Sites, MS-DRG 865-866 (Viral Illness with MCC…)
Code Editor–
POAReported
HCC V28–

CC as a secondary diagnosis, not when the principal diagnosis is on its PDX exclusion list.

CMS: MS-DRG v44 (Appendix B, C), MCE v44, POA list FY2027, 2027 Initial ICD-10-CM Mappings. What the rows mean.

Hierarchy