Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Includes: -diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Use Additional Code: -code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Excludes 1: -certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes 2: -carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) -infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) -infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) -influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)