ICD-10

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)
BlockA15-A19TuberculosisOpen

Inclusions

  • infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis

Exclusions

  • congenital tuberculosis (P37.0)
  • human immunodeficieny [HIV] disease resulting in tuberculosis (B20.0)
  • pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis (J65)
  • sequelae of tuberculosis (B90.-)
  • silicotuberculosis (J65)
CategoryA16Respiratory tuberculosis, not confirmed bacteriologically or histologicallyOpen

A16.3

CategoryBlock A15-A19Chapter I

Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes, without mention of bacteriological or histological confirmation

Inclusions

  • Tuberculosis of lymph nodes: hilar NOS (without mention of bacteriological or histological confirmation)
  • Tuberculosis of lymph nodes: intrathoracic NOS (without mention of bacteriological or histological confirmation)
  • Tuberculosis of lymph nodes: mediastinal NOS (without mention of bacteriological or histological confirmation)
  • Tuberculosis of lymph nodes: tracheobronchial NOS (without mention of bacteriological or histological confirmation)

Exclusions

  • when specified as primary (A16.7)
Parent: A16 Respiratory tuberculosis, not confirmed bacteriologically or histologically