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)
BlockA50-A64Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmissionOpen

Exclusions

  • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20-B24)
  • nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
  • Reiter disease (M02.3)
CategoryA50Congenital syphilisOpen

A50.4

CategoryBlock A50-A64Chapter I

Late congenital neurosyphilis [juvenile neurosyphilis]

Coding note

Use additional code, if desired, to identify any associated mental disorder.

Inclusions

  • Dementia paralytica juvenilis
  • Juvenile: general paresis
  • Juvenile: tabes dorsalis
  • Juvenile: taboparetic neurosyphilis
  • Late congenital syphilitic: encephalitis† (G05.0*)
  • Late congenital syphilitic: meningitis† (G01*)
  • Late congenital syphilitic: polyneuropathy† (G63.0*)

Exclusions

Parent: A50 Congenital syphilis