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)