Chapter: 1. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Use additional code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

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)

Section List

Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)

Tuberculosis (A15-A19)

Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases (A20-A28)

Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)

Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)

Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)

Other diseases caused by chlamydiae (A70-A74)

Rickettsioses (A75-A79)

Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)

Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral hemorrhagic fevers (A90-A99)

Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09)

Other human herpesviruses (B10)

Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)

Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)

Other viral diseases (B25-B34)

Mycoses (B35-B49)

Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)

Helminthiases (B65-B83)

Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations (B85-B89)

Sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases (B90-B94)

Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97)

Other infectious diseases (B99)