Chapter 1

A00–B99: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases diagnostic classification updated for 2026.

Chapter Instructions

Includes
  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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)
Use Additional Code
  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Internal Codes
  • A81.09|

    Other Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  • A81.1|

    Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

  • A81.2|

    Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

  • A81.81|

    Kuru

  • A81.82|

    Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome

  • A81.83|

    Fatal familial insomnia

  • A81.89|

    Other atypical virus infections of central nervous system

  • A81.9|

    Atypical virus infection of central nervous system, unspecified

  • A82.0|

    Sylvatic rabies

  • A82.1|

    Urban rabies

  • A82.9|

    Rabies, unspecified

  • A83.0|

    Japanese encephalitis

  • A83.1|

    Western equine encephalitis

  • A83.2|

    Eastern equine encephalitis

  • A83.3|

    St Louis encephalitis

  • A83.4|

    Australian encephalitis

  • A83.5|

    California encephalitis

  • A83.6|

    Rocio virus disease

  • A83.8|

    Other mosquito-borne viral encephalitis

  • A83.9|

    Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified

  • A84.0|

    Far Eastern tick-borne encephalitis [Russian spring-summer encephalitis]

  • A84.1|

    Central European tick-borne encephalitis

  • A84.81|

    Powassan virus disease

  • A84.89|

    Other tick-borne viral encephalitis

  • A84.9|

    Tick-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified

  • A85.0|

    Enteroviral encephalitis

  • A85.1|

    Adenoviral encephalitis

  • A85.2|

    Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified

  • A85.8|

    Other specified viral encephalitis

  • A86|

    Unspecified viral encephalitis

  • A87.0|

    Enteroviral meningitis

  • A87.1|

    Adenoviral meningitis

  • A87.2|

    Lymphocytic choriomeningitis

  • A87.8|

    Other viral meningitis

  • A87.9|

    Viral meningitis, unspecified

  • A88.0|

    Enteroviral exanthematous fever [Boston exanthem]

  • A88.1|

    Epidemic vertigo

  • A88.8|

    Other specified viral infections of central nervous system

  • A89|

    Unspecified viral infection of central nervous system

  • A90|

    Dengue fever [classical dengue]

  • A91|

    Dengue hemorrhagic fever

  • A92.0|

    Chikungunya virus disease

  • A92.1|

    O'nyong-nyong fever

  • A92.2|

    Venezuelan equine fever

  • A92.30|

    West Nile virus infection, unspecified

  • A92.31|

    West Nile virus infection with encephalitis

  • A92.32|

    West Nile virus infection with other neurologic manifestation

  • A92.39|

    West Nile virus infection with other complications

  • A92.4|

    Rift Valley fever

  • A92.5|

    Zika virus disease

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