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ICD-10 Code A60.09: Herpesviral infection of other urogenital tract
Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 26 May 2026
What is this code?
ICD-10 codes are diagnosis classification codes used in healthcare records, reporting, coding workflows, and billing support. This code sits within the broader ICD-10 area for Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
đź“‹Clinical overview
This ICD-10 code is commonly used when documentation describes a herpesviral infection. The most accurate code depends on the documented manifestation, such as cutaneous, oral, neurologic, ocular, disseminated, hepatic, other specified, or unspecified disease pattern.
When is it used?
- May be used when a clinician documents herpesviral infection of other urogenital tract in a patient's medical record.
- May appear in hospital records, claims, referrals, and clinical documentation.
- This code can be used as a clinically usable diagnosis entry in standardized coding workflows.
What it does not mean
- A code alone does not explain severity, treatment plan, or outcome.
- A medical code should not be treated as a substitute for a doctor's diagnosis or advice.
đź©şClinical context
When commonly used
- Primary-care, dermatology, infectious-disease, ophthalmology, neurology, emergency, and inpatient workflows where herpesviral disease is part of the active diagnosis set.
- Coding and utilization-review workflows where the chart identifies the site or syndrome of herpesviral infection and that manifestation changes final code specificity.
Common management context
- Evaluation often includes symptom and lesion review, neurologic or ocular assessment when relevant, antiviral-treatment planning, and coordination across the affected specialty context.
- Documentation usually becomes more specific when the chart identifies skin versus oral versus neurologic versus eye involvement, disseminated disease, hepatic involvement, or another specified herpesviral manifestation.
- Specialist context already linked on this page includes Infectious Disease Specialist, General Physician.
🔍Key distinctions
Important notes
- This ICD-10 family captures herpesviral infection across multiple clinical manifestations rather than a single anatomic site.
- Manifestation detail, such as ocular, neurologic, disseminated, hepatic, other specified, or unspecified pattern, drives the final code specificity inside this family.
- Documentation that describes herpesviral infection is coded differently from varicella-zoster disease, cytomegaloviral disease, or other non-herpes-simplex viral infections.
Related codes to consider
A60.00Herpesviral infection of urogenital system, unspecified
Related herpesviral ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies cutaneous versus oral versus neurologic versus ocular involvement, disseminated or hepatic disease, or another named herpesviral manifestation.
A60.01Herpesviral infection of penis
Related herpesviral ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies cutaneous versus oral versus neurologic versus ocular involvement, disseminated or hepatic disease, or another named herpesviral manifestation.
A60.02Herpesviral infection of other male genital organs
Related herpesviral ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies cutaneous versus oral versus neurologic versus ocular involvement, disseminated or hepatic disease, or another named herpesviral manifestation.
A60.03Herpesviral cervicitis
Related herpesviral ICD-10 code; documentation often becomes more specific when the chart identifies cutaneous versus oral versus neurologic versus ocular involvement, disseminated or hepatic disease, or another named herpesviral manifestation.
Code hierarchy
chapter
1Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
block
A50-A64Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
category
A60Anogenital herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections
category
A60.0Herpesviral infection of genitalia and urogenital tract
currentA60.0
Where you may see this code
You may see this code in hospital records, discharge summaries, insurance claims, encounter documentation, referrals, or other healthcare billing and coding records.
Related specialists
Infectious Disease SpecialistGeneral Physician
Related codes
Sibling codes
Coverage-related procedures and services
CPT 0527Uhigh
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS (HSV) TYPES 1 AND 2 AND VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS (VZV), AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE, EACH PATHOGEN REPORTED AS DETECTED OR NOT DETECTED
Source: CMS coverage guidance
CPT 0402Uhigh
INFECTIOUS AGENT (SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION), CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS, MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM, MULTIPLEX AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE, VAGINAL, ENDOCERVICAL, OR MALE URINE, EACH PATHOGEN REPORTED AS DETECTED OR NOT DETECTED
Source: CMS coverage guidance
CPT 87801high
INFECTIOUS AGENT DETECTION BY NUCLEIC ACID (DNA OR RNA), MULTIPLE ORGANISMS; AMPLIFIED PROBE(S) TECHNIQUE
Source: CMS coverage guidance
CPT 87800high
INFECTIOUS AGENT DETECTION BY NUCLEIC ACID (DNA OR RNA), MULTIPLE ORGANISMS; DIRECT PROBE(S) TECHNIQUE
Source: CMS coverage guidance
CPT 87494high
INFECTIOUS AGENT DETECTION BY NUCLEIC ACID (DNA OR RNA); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, MULTIPLEX AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE
Source: CMS coverage guidance
CPT 0455Uhigh
INFECTIOUS AGENTS (SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION), CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS, NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE, AND TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS, MULTIPLEX AMPLIFIED PROBE TECHNIQUE, VAGINAL, ENDOCERVICAL, GYNECOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, OROPHARYNGEAL SWABS, RECTAL SWABS, FEMALE OR MALE URINE, EACH PATHOGEN REPORTED AS DETECTED OR NOT DETECTED
Source: CMS coverage guidance
Coding guidelines
Common synonyms
Herpesviral infection of other urogenital tract
Frequently asked questions
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