From parent levels
ChapterICertain infectious and parasitic diseasesOpen
Coding note
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
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.