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)
BlockB20-B24Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] diseaseOpen

Exclusions

  • asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status (Z21)
  • complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.7)
CategoryB22Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in other specified diseasesOpen

HIV disease resulting in multiple diseases classified elsewhere

Note

For use of this category, reference should be made to the morbidity or mortality coding rules and guidelines in Volume 2.

Parent: B22 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in other specified diseases