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)

Helminthiases (B65-B83)

B65 Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis] [+]
Includes: snail fever
B66 Other fluke infections [+]
B67 Echinococcosis [+]
Includes: hydatidosis
B68 Taeniasis [+]
Excludes 1: cysticercosis (B69.-)
B69 Cysticercosis [+]
Includes: cysticerciasis infection due to larval form of Taenia solium
B70 Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis [+]
B71 Other cestode infections [+]
B72 Dracunculiasis
Includes: guinea worm infection
infection due to Dracunculus medinensis
B73 Onchocerciasis [+]
Includes: onchocerca volvulus infection
onchocercosis
river blindness
B74 Filariasis [+]
Excludes 2: onchocerciasis (B73)
tropical (pulmonary) eosinophilia NOS (J82.89)
B75 Trichinellosis
Includes: infection due to Trichinella species
trichiniasis
B76 Hookworm diseases [+]
Includes: uncinariasis
B77 Ascariasis [+]
Includes: ascaridiasis
roundworm infection
B78 Strongyloidiasis [+]
Excludes 1: trichostrongyliasis (B81.2)
B79 Trichuriasis
Includes: trichocephaliasis
whipworm (disease)(infection)
B80 Enterobiasis
Includes: oxyuriasis
pinworm infection
threadworm infection
B81 Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified [+]
Excludes 1: angiostrongyliasis due to:
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (B83.2)
Parastrongylus cantonensis (B83.2)
B82 Unspecified intestinal parasitism [+]
B83 Other helminthiases [+]
Excludes 1: capillariasis NOS (B81.1)
Excludes 2: intestinal capillariasis (B81.1)

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