Chapter 1
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Includes:
diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Use additional
code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Excludes 1:
certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes 2:
carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
This chapter contains the following blocks:
A00-A09
Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
A15-A19
Tuberculosis (A15-A19)
A20-A28
Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases (A20-A28)
A30-A49
Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
A50-A64
Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
A65-A69
Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)
A70-A74
Other diseases caused by chlamydiae (A70-A74)
A75-A79
Rickettsioses (A75-A79)
A80-A89
Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)
A90-A99
Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral hemorrhagic fevers (A90-A99)
B00-B09
Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09)
B10
Other human herpesviruses (B10)
B15-B19
Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)
B20
Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
B25-B34
Other viral diseases (B25-B34)
B35-B49
Mycoses (B35-B49)
B50-B64
Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
B65-B83
Helminthiases (B65-B83)
B85-B89
Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations (B85-B89)
B90-B94
Sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases (B90-B94)
B95-B97
Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97)
B99
Other infectious diseases (B99)
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