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
  • B42.1

    Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis

  • B42.7

    Disseminated sporotrichosis

  • B42.81

    Cerebral sporotrichosis

  • B42.82

    Sporotrichosis arthritis

  • B42.89

    Other forms of sporotrichosis

  • B42.9

    Sporotrichosis, unspecified

  • B43.0

    Cutaneous chromomycosis

  • B43.1

    Pheomycotic brain abscess

  • B43.2

    Subcutaneous pheomycotic abscess and cyst

  • B43.8

    Other forms of chromomycosis

  • B43.9

    Chromomycosis, unspecified

  • B44.0

    Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

  • B44.1

    Other pulmonary aspergillosis

  • B44.2

    Tonsillar aspergillosis

  • B44.7

    Disseminated aspergillosis

  • B44.81

    Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

  • B44.89

    Other forms of aspergillosis

  • B44.9

    Aspergillosis, unspecified

  • B45.0

    Pulmonary cryptococcosis

  • B45.1

    Cerebral cryptococcosis

  • B45.2

    Cutaneous cryptococcosis

  • B45.3

    Osseous cryptococcosis

  • B45.7

    Disseminated cryptococcosis

  • B45.8

    Other forms of cryptococcosis

  • B45.9

    Cryptococcosis, unspecified

  • B46.0

    Pulmonary mucormycosis

  • B46.1

    Rhinocerebral mucormycosis

  • B46.2

    Gastrointestinal mucormycosis

  • B46.3

    Cutaneous mucormycosis

  • B46.4

    Disseminated mucormycosis

  • B46.5

    Mucormycosis, unspecified

  • B46.8

    Other zygomycoses

  • B46.9

    Zygomycosis, unspecified

  • B47.0

    Eumycetoma

  • B47.1

    Actinomycetoma

  • B47.9

    Mycetoma, unspecified

  • B48.0

    Lobomycosis

  • B48.1

    Rhinosporidiosis

  • B48.2

    Allescheriasis

  • B48.3

    Geotrichosis

  • B48.4

    Penicillosis

  • B48.8

    Other specified mycoses

  • B49

    Unspecified mycosis

  • B50.0

    Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications

  • B50.8

    Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

  • B50.9

    Plasmodium falciparum malaria, unspecified

  • B51.0

    Plasmodium vivax malaria with rupture of spleen

  • B51.8

    Plasmodium vivax malaria with other complications

  • B51.9

    Plasmodium vivax malaria without complication

  • B52.0

    Plasmodium malariae malaria with nephropathy

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