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)
BlockB50-B64Protozoal diseasesOpen

Exclusions

  • amoebiasis (A06.-)
  • other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)
CategoryB60Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classifiedOpen

Exclusions

  • cryptosporidiosis (A07.2)
  • intestinal microsporidiosis (A07.8)
  • isosporiasis (A07.3)

Acanthamoebiasis

Inclusions

  • Conjunctivitis due to Acanthamoeba† (H13.1*)
  • Keratoconjunctivitis due to Acanthamoeba† (H19.2*)
Parent: B60 Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified