From parent levels

ChapterICertain infectious and parasitic diseasesOpen

Coding note

Use additional code (U82, U83, U84), if desired, to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Inclusions

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Exclusions

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium [except obstetrical tetanus] (O98.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period [except tetanus neonatorum, whooping cough, congenital syphilis, perinatal gonococcal infection and perinatal human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease] (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
BlockA00-A09Intestinal infectious diseasesOpen
CategoryA08Viral and other specified intestinal infectionsOpen

Exclusions

  • influenza with involvement of gastrointestinal tract (J09, J10.8, J11.8)

A08.4

CategoryResidualBlock A00-A09Chapter I

Viral intestinal infection, unspecified

Inclusions

  • Viral: enteritis NOS
  • Viral: gastroenteritis NOS
  • Viral: gastroenteropathy NOS
Parent: A08 Viral and other specified intestinal infections