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This information has been retrieved from the CDC’s 2019 ICD-10-CM. For the full list of 2019 ICD-10 codes, please view the CDC's comprehensive PDF.
Chapter 1 (A00-B99) in the 2019 ICD-10 contains codes for certain infectious and parasitic diseases. These include diseases generally recognized as transmissible to other people. This section DOES NOT include codes for:
Includes: infection or food-borne intoxication due to any Salmonella species other than S. Typhi and S. Paratyphi
Excludes1: Bacterial food-borne intoxications, NEC (A05.-)
Tuberculous Enteritis (A18.32)
Foodborne intoxication by Clostridium Difficile
Excludes1: Clostridium Difficile food-borne intoxication and infection (A04.7-)
Escherichia Coli infection (A04.0-A04.4)
Listeriosis (A32.-)
Salmonella food-borne intoxication and infection (A02.-)
Toxic effect of Noxious Foodstuffs (T61-T62)
Includes: infection due to Entamoeba Histolytica
Excludes1: Other Protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)
Excludes2: Acanthamebiasis (B60.1-)
Naegleriasis (B60.2)
Excludes1: influenza with involvement of Gastrointestinal tract (J09.X3, J10.2, J11.2)
Excludes1: Colitis NOS (K52.9)
Diarrhea NOS (R19.7)
Enteritis NOS (K52.9)
Gastroenteritis NOS (K52.9)
Noninfective Gastroenteritis and Colitis, unspecified (K52.9)
Includes: infections due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis
Excludes1: congenital tuberculosis (P37.0)
nonspecific reaction to test for tuberculosis without active tuberculosis (R76.1-)
pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis, any type in A15 (J65)
positive PPD (R76.11)
positive tuberculin skin test without active tuberculosis (R76.11)
sequelae of tuberculosis (B90.-)
silicotuberculosis (J65)
Excludes1: tuberculosis specified as primary (A15.7)
Excludes1: primary respiratory tuberculosis (A15.7)
Excludes1: tuberculous meningoencephalitis (A17.82)
Excludes2: tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord (A17.81)
Excludes2: tuberculosis of bronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes (A15.4)
tuberculosis of mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph nodes (A18.39)
tuberculous tracheobronchial adenopathy (A15.4)
Excludes2: lupus erythematosus (L93.-)
lupus NOS (M32.9)
systemic (M32.-)
Excludes2: lupus vulgaris of eyelid (A18.4)
Excludes2: tuberculosis of external ear (A18.4)
tuberculous mastoiditis (A18.03)
Excludes1: tuberculosis of intestine (A18.32)
Includes: disseminated tuberculosis
generalized tuberculosis
tuberculous polyserositis
Includes: infection due to Yersinia pestis
Includes: deer-fly fever
infection due to Francisella tularensis
rabbit fever
Includes: infection due to Bacillus anthracis
Includes: Malta fever
Mediterranean fever
undulant fever
Excludes1: enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica (A04.6)
plague (A20.-)
Includes: infection due to Mycobacterium leprae
Excludes1: sequelae of leprosy (B92)
Excludes2: leprosy (A30.-)
tuberculosis (A15-A19)
Includes: listerial foodborne infection
Excludes1: neonatal (disseminated) listeriosis (P37.2)
Excludes1: obstetrical tetanus (A34)
tetanus neonatorum (A33)
Excludes2: erythrasma (L08.1)
Includes: scarlatina
Excludes2: streptococcal sore throat (J02.0)
Code first postprocedural streptococcal sepsis (T81.4-)
streptococcal sepsis during labor (O75.3)
streptococcal sepsis following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03-O07, O08.0)
streptococcal sepsis following immunization (T88.0)
streptococcal sepsis following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection (T80.2-)
Excludes1: neonatal (P36.0-P36.1)
puerperal sepsis (O85)
sepsis due to Streptococcus, group D (A41.81)
Code first postprocedural sepsis (T81.4-)
sepsis during labor (O75.3)
sepsis following abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O03-O07, O08.0)
sepsis following immunization (T88.0)
sepsis following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection (T80.2-)
Excludes1: bacteremia NOS (R78.81)
neonatal (P36.-)
puerperal sepsis (O85)
streptococcal sepsis (A40.-)
Excludes2: sepsis (due to) (in) actinomycotic (A42.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) anthrax (A22.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) candidal (B37.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) Erysipelothrix (A26.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) extraintestinal yersiniosis (A28.2)
sepsis (due to) (in) gonococcal (A54.86)
sepsis (due to) (in) herpesviral (B00.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) listerial (A32.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) melioidosis (A24.1)
sepsis (due to) (in) meningococcal (A39.2-A39.4)
sepsis (due to) (in) plague (A20.7)
sepsis (due to) (in) tularemia (A21.7)
toxic shock syndrome (A48.3)
Excludes1: gas gangrene (A48.0)
Excludes1: actinomycetoma (B47.1)
Excludes1: postpartum or puerperal erysipelas (O86.89)
Excludes1: actinomycetoma (B47.1)
Excludes1: endotoxic shock NOS (R57.8)
sepsis NOS (A41.9)
Excludes1: food poisoning due to toxins of Clostridium botulinum (A05.1)
Excludes1: bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B95-B96)
chlamydial infection NOS (A74.9)
meningococcal infection NOS (A39.9)
rickettsial infection NOS (A79.9)
spirochetal infection NOS (A69.9)
Excludes1: bacteremia NOS (R78.81)
Excludes1: human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
Excludes1: Hutchinson's triad (A50.53)
Excludes1: Hutchinson's triad (A50.53)
Excludes1: late syphilitic leukoderma (A52.79)
Excludes1: syphilitic leukoderma (secondary) (A51.39)
Excludes1: syphilis NOS under two years of age (A50.2)
Excludes1: gonococcal infection with genitourinary gland abscess (A54.1)
gonococcal infection with periurethral abscess (A54.1)
Excludes1: gonococcal peritonitis (A54.85)
Excludes2: gonococcal infection of spine (A54.41)
Excludes2: gonococcal infection of spine (A54.41)
Excludes1: gonococcal pelviperitonitis (A54.24)
Includes: sexually transmitted diseases due to Chlamydia
trachomatis
Excludes1: neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis (P39.1)
neonatal chlamydial pneumonia (P23.1)
Excludes2: chlamydial lymphogranuloma (A55)
conditions classified to A74.-
Excludes2: intestinal trichomoniasis (A07.8)
Excludes2: molluscum contagiosum (B08.1)
papilloma of cervix (D26.0)
Excludes2: leptospirosis (A27.-)
syphilis (A50-A53)
Includes: bouba
frambesia (tropica)
pian
Includes: recurrent fever
Excludes2: Lyme disease (A69.2-)
Excludes1: sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases (A55-A56)
Excludes1: sequelae of trachoma (B94.0)
Excludes1: neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis (P39.1)
neonatal chlamydial pneumonia (P23.1)
Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases (A55-A56)
Excludes2: chlamydial pneumonia (J16.0)
Excludes1: rickettsiosis due to Ehrlichia sennetsu (A79.81)
Excludes1: Rickettsiosis due to Ehrlichia sennetsu (A79.81)
Excludes1: postpolio syndrome (G14)
sequelae of poliomyelitis (B91)
sequelae of viral encephalitis (B94.1)
Includes: diseases of the central nervous system caused by prions
Use additional code to identify:
dementia with behavioral disturbance (F02.81)
dementia without behavioral disturbance (F02.80)
Includes: mosquito-borne viral meningoencephalitis
Excludes2: Venezuelan equine encephalitis (A92.2)
West Nile fever (A92.3-)
West Nile virus (A92.3-)
Includes: tick-borne viral meningoencephalitis
Includes: specified viral encephalomyelitis NEC
specified viral meningoencephalitis NEC
Excludes1: benign myalgic encephalomyelitis (G93.3)
encephalitis due to cytomegalovirus (B25.8)
encephalitis due to herpesvirus NEC (B10.0-)
encephalitis due to herpesvirus [herpes simplex] (B00.4)
encephalitis due to measles virus (B05.0)
encephalitis due to mumps virus (B26.2)
encephalitis due to poliomyelitis virus (A80.-)
encephalitis due to zoster (B02.0)
lymphocytic choriomeningitis (A87.2)
Excludes1: West nile virus with encephalitis (A92.31)
Excludes1: meningitis due to herpesvirus [herpes simplex] (B00.3)
meningitis due to herpesvirus [herpes simplex] (B00.3)
meningitis due to measles virus (B05.1)
meningitis due to mumps virus (B26.1)
meningitis due to poliomyelitis virus (A80.-)
meningitis due to zoster (B02.1)
Excludes1: viral encephalitis NOS (A86)
viral meningitis NOS (A87.9)
Excludes1: dengue hemorrhagic fever (A91)
Excludes1: Ross River disease (B33.1)
Excludes1: congenital Zika virus disease (P35.4)
Excludes1: chikungunya hemorrhagic fever (A92.0)
dengue hemorrhagic fever (A91)
Excludes1: hantavirus (cardio)-pulmonary syndrome (B33.4)
Excludes1: congenital herpesviral infections (P35.2)
Excludes2: anogenital herpesviral infection (A60.-)
gammaherpesviral mononucleosis (B27.0-)
herpangina (B08.5)
Excludes1: herpesviral encephalitis due to herpesvirus 6 and 7 (B10.01, B10.09)
non-simplex herpesviral encephalitis (B10.0-)
Includes: shingles
zona
Note: In 1980 the 33rd World Health Assembly declared that smallpox had been eradicated.
The classification is maintained for surveillance purposes.
Includes: morbilli
Excludes1: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (A81.1)
Excludes1: congenital rubella (P35.0)
Includes: verruca simplex
verruca vulgaris
viral warts due to human papillomavirus
Excludes2: anogenital (venereal) warts (A63.0)
papilloma of bladder (D41.4)
papilloma of cervix (D26.0)
papilloma larynx (D14.1)
Excludes1: vesicular stomatitis virus disease (A93.8)
Excludes2: monkeypox (B04)
Excludes1: vaccinia (from vaccination) (generalized) (T88.1)
Excludes2: cytomegalovirus (B25.9)
Epstein-Barr virus (B27.0-)
herpes NOS (B00.9)
herpes simplex (B00.-)
herpes zoster (B02.-)
human herpesvirus NOS (B00.-)
human herpesvirus 1 and 2 (B00.-)
human herpesvirus 3 (B01.-, B02.-)
human herpesvirus 4 (B27.0-)
human herpesvirus 5 (B25.-)
varicella (B01.-)
zoster (B02.-)
Excludes2: herpes encephalitis NOS (B00.4)
herpes simplex encephalitis (B00.4)
human herpesvirus encephalitis (B00.4)
simian B herpes virus encephalitis (B00.4)
Excludes1: sequelae of viral hepatitis (B94.2)
Excludes2: cytomegaloviral hepatitis (B25.1)
herpesviral [herpes simplex] hepatitis (B00.81)
Includes: Carrier of viral hepatitis
Includes: acquired immune deficiency syndrome [AIDS]
AIDS-related complex [ARC]
HIV infection, symptomatic
Code first Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, if applicable (O98.7-)
Use additional code(s) to identify all manifestations of HIV infection
Excludes1: asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status (Z21)
exposure to HIV virus (Z20.6)
inconclusive serologic evidence of HIV (R75)
Excludes1: congenital cytomegalovirus infection (P35.1)
cytomegaloviral mononucleosis (B27.1-)
Includes: epidemic parotitis
infectious parotitis
Includes: glandular fever
monocytic angina
Pfeiffer's disease
Excludes1: herpesviral [herpes simplex] ocular disease (B00.5)
ocular zoster (B02.3)
Excludes1: hantavirus disease with renal manifestations (A98.5)
hemorrhagic fever with renal manifestations (A98.5)
Excludes1: anogenital human papillomavirus infection (A63.0)
viral warts due to human papillomavirus infection (B07)
Excludes1: anogenital human papillomavirus infection (A63.0
cytomegaloviral disease NOS (B25.9)
retrovirus infection NOS (B33.3)
viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere (B97.-)
viral warts due to human papillomavirus infection (B07)
Excludes1: pneumonia due to SARS-associated coronavirus (J12.81)
Excludes2: hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust (J67.-)
mycosis fungoides (C84.0-)
Includes: favus
infections due to species of Epidermophyton, Micro-sporum and Trichophyton
tinea, any type except those in B36.-
Includes: candidosis
Moniliasis
Excludes1: neonatal candidiasis (P37.5)
Excludes2: diaper dermatitis (L22)
Code first associated AIDS (B20)
Use additional code for any associated manifestations, such as:
endocarditis (I39)
meningitis (G02)
pericarditis (I32)
retinitis (H32)
Excludes1: Brazilian blastomycosis (B41.-)
keloidal blastomycosis (B48.0)
Includes: Brazilian blastomycosis
Lutz' disease
Includes: aspergilloma
Excludes1: eumycetoma (B47.0)
Excludes1: amebiasis (A06.-)
other protozoal intestinal diseases (A07.-)
Includes: mixed infections of Plasmodium falciparum with any other Plasmodium species
Includes: mixed infections of Plasmodium vivax with other Plasmodium species, except Plasmodium falciparum
Excludes1: plasmodium vivax with Plasmodium falciparum (B50.-)
Includes: mixed infections of Plasmodium malariae with other Plasmodium species, except Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax
Excludes1: Plasmodium falciparum (B50.-)
Plasmodium vivax (B51.-)
Excludes1: Plasmodium ovale with Plasmodium falciparum (B50.-)
Excludes1: Malaria due to simian plasmodia with Plasmodium falciparum (B50.-)
Includes: American trypanosomiasis
infection due to Trypanosoma cruzi
Includes: infection due to Toxoplasma gondii
Excludes1: congenital toxoplasmosis (P37.1)
Excludes1: cryptosporidiosis (A07.2)
intestinal microsporidiosis (A07.8)
isosporiasis (A07.3)
Includes: snail fever
Includes: hydatidosis
Excludes1: cysticercosis (B69.-)
Includes: cysticerciasis infection due to larval form of Taenia solium
Excludes2: larval diphyllobothriasis (B70.1)
Includes: guinea worm infection
infection due to Dracunculus medinensis
Includes: onchocerca volvulus infection
Onchocercosis
river blindness
Excludes2: onchocerciasis (B73)
tropical (pulmonary) eosinophilia NOS (J82)
Includes: infection due to Trichinella species
trichiniasis
Includes: uncinariasis
B76.0 Ancylostomiasis
B76.1 Necatoriasis
Includes: ascaridiasis
roundworm infection
Excludes1: trichostrongyliasis (B81.2)
Includes: trichocephaliasis
whipworm (disease)(infection)
Includes: oxyuriasis
pinworm infection
threadworm infection
Excludes1: angiostrongyliasis due to:
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (B83.2)
Parastrongylus cantonensis (B83.2)
Excludes2: hepatic capillariasis (B83.8)
Excludes1: capillariasis NOS (B81.1)
Excludes2: intestinal capillariasis (B81.1)
Excludes2: external hirudiniasis (B88.3)
Excludes1: intestinal helminthiasis NOS (B82.0)
Includes: infestation by larva of flies
B87.0 Cutaneous myiasis
Excludes2: scabies (B86)
Excludes2: internal hirudiniasis (B83.4)
Note: Categories B90-B94 are to be used to indicate conditions in categories A00-B89 as the cause of sequelae, which are themselves classified elsewhere. The 'sequelae' include conditions specified as such; they also include residuals of diseases classifiable to the above categories if there is evidence that the disease itself is no longer present. Codes from these categories are not to be used for chronic infections. Code chronic current infections to active infectious disease as appropriate.
Code first condition resulting from (sequela) the infectious or parasitic disease
Excludes2: sequelae of respiratory tuberculosis (B90.9)
Excludes1: postpolio syndrome (G14)
Note: These categories are provided for use as supplementary or additional codes to identify the infectious agent(s) in diseases classified elsewhere.
Excludes1: pneumonia due to SARS-associated coronavirus (J12.81)
Excludes1: Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
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