Chapter I

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
(A00-B99)

Includes: diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Use additional code (U80-U89), if desired, to identify the antibiotic to which a bacterial agent is resistant.
Excludes: 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 and human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease] ( O98.- )
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period [except tetanus neonatorum, congenital syphilis, perinatal gonococcal infection and perinatal human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease] ( P35-P39 )
influenza and other acute respiratory infections ( J00-J22 )

This chapter contains the following blocks:
A00-A09 Intestinal infectious diseases
A15-A19 Tuberculosis
A20-A28 Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases
A30-A49 Other bacterial diseases
A50-A64 Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
A65-A69 Other spirochaetal diseases
A70-A74 Other diseases caused by chlamydiae
A75-A79 Rickettsioses
A80-A89 Viral infections of the central nervous system
A90-A99 Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers
B00-B09 Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions
B15-B19 Viral hepatitis
B20-B24 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease
B25-B34 Other viral diseases
B35-B49 Mycoses
B50-B64 Protozoal diseases
B65-B83 Helminthiases
B85-B89 Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations
B90-B94 Sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases
B95-B97 Bacterial, viral and other infectious agents
B99 Other infectious diseases