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)

B24

CategoryResidualBlock B20-B24Chapter I

Unspecified human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

Inclusions

  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [AIDS] NOS
  • AIDS-related complex [ARC] NOS
Parent: B20-B24 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease