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)
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Other diseases caused by chlamydiae

Exclusions

  • chlamydial pneumonia (J16.0)
  • neonatal chlamydial: conjunctivitis (P39.1)
  • neonatal chlamydial: pneumonia (P23.1)
  • sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases (A55, A56)

Subcategories

Parent: A70-A74 Other diseases caused by chlamydiae