DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

B06 Rubella [German measles]

  • Header · not billable

B06 is not billable. The category heads 8 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 3 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Rubella (German measles) → B06.9
  • Encephalomyelitisrubella → B06.01
  • Rubella (German measles)complication NEC → B06.09

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 1 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  2. B00-B09 Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09)
  3. B06 Rubella [German measles]
Billable codes
8
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
6 / 1
HCC V28 codes
1
New FY2027
0
Index entries
12

Codes in B06

  1. B06.0
    Rubella with neurological complications
    Header
  2. B06.00
    Rubella with neurological complication, unspecified
    BillableCC
  3. B06.01
    Rubella encephalitis
    BillableMCC
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Rubella meningoencephalitis
  4. B06.02
    Rubella meningitis
    BillableCC
  5. B06.09
    Other neurological complications of rubella
    BillableCC
  6. B06.8
    Rubella with other complications
    Header
  7. B06.81
    Rubella pneumonia
    BillableCC
  8. B06.82
    Rubella arthritis
    BillableCC92
  9. B06.89
    Other rubella complications
    BillableCC
  10. B06.9
    Rubella without complication
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Rubella NOS

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At B06

Excludes1

  • congenital rubella (P35.0) P35.0

Notes that also apply

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

Index entries

  • Rubella (German measles) → B06.9
  • Encephalomyelitisrubella → B06.01
  • Rubella (German measles)complication NEC → B06.09
  • Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute)rubella → B06.82
  • Rubella (German measles)specified complications NEC → B06.89
  • Rubella (German measles)complication NECneurological → B06.00
  • Encephalitis (chronic) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (nonepidemic) (spurious) (subacute)in (due to)rubella → B06.01
  • Meningitis (basal) (basic) (brain) (cerebral) (cervical) (congestive) (diffuse) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (membranous) (metastatic) (nonspecific) (pontine) (progressive) (simple) (spinal) (subacute) (sympathetic) (toxic)in (due to)rubella → B06.02
  • Pneumonia (acute) (double) (migratory) (purulent) (septic) (unresolved)in (due to)rubella → B06.81
  • Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (nonpyogenic) (subacute)in (due to)rubella → B06.82
  • Rash (toxic)roseepidemic → B06.9
  • Roserashepidemic → B06.9

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