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)
BlockB65-B83HelminthiasesOpen
CategoryB83Other helminthiasesOpen

Exclusions

  • capillariasis: NOS (B81.1)
  • capillariasis: intestinal (B81.1)

Angiostrongyliasis due to Parastrongylus cantonensis

Inclusions

  • Angiostrongyliasis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis
  • Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis† (G05.2*)

Exclusions

  • intestinal angiostrongyliasis (B81.3)
Parent: B83 Other helminthiases