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

B08

CategoryResidualBlock B00-B09Chapter I

Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified

Exclusions

  • vesicular stomatitis virus disease (A93.8)

Subcategories

Parent: B00-B09 Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions