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
  • B52.8|

    Plasmodium malariae malaria with other complications

  • B52.9|

    Plasmodium malariae malaria without complication

  • B53.0|

    Plasmodium ovale malaria

  • B53.1|

    Malaria due to simian plasmodia

  • B53.8|

    Other malaria, not elsewhere classified

  • B54|

    Unspecified malaria

  • B55.0|

    Visceral leishmaniasis

  • B55.1|

    Cutaneous leishmaniasis

  • B55.2|

    Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

  • B55.9|

    Leishmaniasis, unspecified

  • B56.0|

    Gambiense trypanosomiasis

  • B56.1|

    Rhodesiense trypanosomiasis

  • B56.9|

    African trypanosomiasis, unspecified

  • B57.0|

    Acute Chagas' disease with heart involvement

  • B57.1|

    Acute Chagas' disease without heart involvement

  • B57.2|

    Chagas' disease (chronic) with heart involvement

  • B57.30|

    Chagas' disease with digestive system involvement, unspecified

  • B57.31|

    Megaesophagus in Chagas' disease

  • B57.32|

    Megacolon in Chagas' disease

  • B57.39|

    Other digestive system involvement in Chagas' disease

  • B57.40|

    Chagas' disease with nervous system involvement, unspecified

  • B57.41|

    Meningitis in Chagas' disease

  • B57.42|

    Meningoencephalitis in Chagas' disease

  • B57.49|

    Other nervous system involvement in Chagas' disease

  • B57.5|

    Chagas' disease (chronic) with other organ involvement

  • B58.00|

    Toxoplasma oculopathy, unspecified

  • B58.01|

    Toxoplasma chorioretinitis

  • B58.09|

    Other toxoplasma oculopathy

  • B58.1|

    Toxoplasma hepatitis

  • B58.2|

    Toxoplasma meningoencephalitis

  • B58.3|

    Pulmonary toxoplasmosis

  • B58.81|

    Toxoplasma myocarditis

  • B58.82|

    Toxoplasma myositis

  • B58.83|

    Toxoplasma tubulo-interstitial nephropathy

  • B58.89|

    Toxoplasmosis with other organ involvement

  • B58.9|

    Toxoplasmosis, unspecified

  • B59|

    Pneumocystosis

  • B60.00|

    Babesiosis, unspecified

  • B60.01|

    Babesiosis due to Babesia microti

  • B60.02|

    Babesiosis due to Babesia duncani

  • B60.03|

    Babesiosis due to Babesia divergens

  • B60.09|

    Other babesiosis

  • B60.10|

    Acanthamebiasis, unspecified

  • B60.11|

    Meningoencephalitis due to Acanthamoeba (culbertsoni)

  • B60.12|

    Conjunctivitis due to Acanthamoeba

  • B60.13|

    Keratoconjunctivitis due to Acanthamoeba

  • B60.19|

    Other acanthamebic disease

  • B60.2|

    Naegleriasis

  • B60.8|

    Other specified protozoal diseases

  • B64|

    Unspecified protozoal disease

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