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
  • A18.13

    Tuberculosis of other urinary organs

  • A18.14

    Tuberculosis of prostate

  • A18.15

    Tuberculosis of other male genital organs

  • A18.16

    Tuberculosis of cervix

  • A18.17

    Tuberculous female pelvic inflammatory disease

  • A18.18

    Tuberculosis of other female genital organs

  • A18.2

    Tuberculous peripheral lymphadenopathy

  • A18.31

    Tuberculous peritonitis

  • A18.32

    Tuberculous enteritis

  • A18.39

    Retroperitoneal tuberculosis

  • A18.4

    Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue

  • A18.50

    Tuberculosis of eye, unspecified

  • A18.51

    Tuberculous episcleritis

  • A18.52

    Tuberculous keratitis

  • A18.53

    Tuberculous chorioretinitis

  • A18.54

    Tuberculous iridocyclitis

  • A18.59

    Other tuberculosis of eye

  • A18.6

    Tuberculosis of (inner) (middle) ear

  • A18.7

    Tuberculosis of adrenal glands

  • A18.81

    Tuberculosis of thyroid gland

  • A18.82

    Tuberculosis of other endocrine glands

  • A18.83

    Tuberculosis of digestive tract organs, not elsewhere classified

  • A18.84

    Tuberculosis of heart

  • A18.85

    Tuberculosis of spleen

  • A18.89

    Tuberculosis of other sites

  • A19.0

    Acute miliary tuberculosis of a single specified site

  • A19.1

    Acute miliary tuberculosis of multiple sites

  • A19.2

    Acute miliary tuberculosis, unspecified

  • A19.8

    Other miliary tuberculosis

  • A19.9

    Miliary tuberculosis, unspecified

  • A20.0

    Bubonic plague

  • A20.1

    Cellulocutaneous plague

  • A20.2

    Pneumonic plague

  • A20.3

    Plague meningitis

  • A20.7

    Septicemic plague

  • A20.8

    Other forms of plague

  • A20.9

    Plague, unspecified

  • A21.0

    Ulceroglandular tularemia

  • A21.1

    Oculoglandular tularemia

  • A21.2

    Pulmonary tularemia

  • A21.3

    Gastrointestinal tularemia

  • A21.7

    Generalized tularemia

  • A21.8

    Other forms of tularemia

  • A21.9

    Tularemia, unspecified

  • A22.0

    Cutaneous anthrax

  • A22.1

    Pulmonary anthrax

  • A22.2

    Gastrointestinal anthrax

  • A22.7

    Anthrax sepsis

  • A22.8

    Other forms of anthrax

  • A22.9

    Anthrax, unspecified

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