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)
BlockB00-B09Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesionsOpen
CategoryB06Rubella [German measles]Open

Exclusions

  • congenital rubella (P35.0)

B06.0

CategoryBlock B00-B09Chapter I

Rubella with neurological complications

Inclusions

  • Rubella: encephalitis (G05.1*)
  • Rubella: meningitis (G02.0*)
  • Rubella: meningoencephalitis (G05.1*)
Parent: B06 Rubella [German measles]