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)
BlockB35-B49MycosesOpen
CategoryB48Other mycoses, not elsewhere classifiedOpen
Opportunistic mycoses
Mycoses caused by fungi of low virulence that can establish an infection only as a consequence of factors such as the presence of debilitating disease or the administration of immunosuppressive and other therapeutic agents or radiation therapy. Most of the causal fungi are normally saprophytic in soil and decaying vegetation.