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.)
Use Additional Code
- 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
- 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
- B96.5—
Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) (mallei) (pseudomallei) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere
