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
  • B88.01

    Infestation by Demodex mites

  • B88.09

    Other acariasis

  • B88.1

    Tungiasis [sandflea infestation]

  • B88.2

    Other arthropod infestations

  • B88.3

    External hirudiniasis

  • B88.8

    Other specified infestations

  • B88.9

    Infestation, unspecified

  • B89

    Unspecified parasitic disease

  • B90.0

    Sequelae of central nervous system tuberculosis

  • B90.1

    Sequelae of genitourinary tuberculosis

  • B90.2

    Sequelae of tuberculosis of bones and joints

  • B90.8

    Sequelae of tuberculosis of other organs

  • B90.9

    Sequelae of respiratory and unspecified tuberculosis

  • B91

    Sequelae of poliomyelitis

  • B92

    Sequelae of leprosy

  • B94.0

    Sequelae of trachoma

  • B94.1

    Sequelae of viral encephalitis

  • B94.2

    Sequelae of viral hepatitis

  • B94.8

    Sequelae of other specified infectious and parasitic diseases

  • B94.9

    Sequelae of unspecified infectious and parasitic disease

  • B95.0

    Streptococcus, group A, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.1

    Streptococcus, group B, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.2

    Enterococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.3

    Streptococcus pneumoniae as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.4

    Other streptococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.5

    Unspecified streptococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.61

    Methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.62

    Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.7

    Other staphylococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.8

    Unspecified staphylococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.0

    Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.1

    Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.20

    Unspecified Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.21

    Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] O157 as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.22

    Other specified Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.23

    Unspecified Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli [E. coli] [STEC] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.29

    Other Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.3

    Hemophilus influenzae [H. influenzae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.4

    Proteus (mirabilis) (morganii) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.5

    Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) (mallei) (pseudomallei) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.6

    Bacteroides fragilis [B. fragilis] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.7

    Clostridium perfringens [C. perfringens] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.81

    Helicobacter pylori [H. pylori] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.82

    Vibrio vulnificus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.83

    Acinetobacter baumannii as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.89

    Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.0

    Adenovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.10

    Unspecified enterovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.11

    Coxsackievirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.12

    Echovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

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