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
  • A69.2

    Lyme disease

  • A69.20

    Lyme disease, unspecified

  • A69.21

    Meningitis due to Lyme disease

  • A69.22

    Other neurologic disorders in Lyme disease

  • A69.23

    Arthritis due to Lyme disease

  • A69.29

    Other conditions associated with Lyme disease

  • A69.8

    Other specified spirochetal infections

  • A69.9

    Spirochetal infection, unspecified

  • A70

    Chlamydia psittaci infections

  • A71

    Trachoma

  • A71.0

    Initial stage of trachoma

  • A71.1

    Active stage of trachoma

  • A71.9

    Trachoma, unspecified

  • A74

    Other diseases caused by chlamydiae

  • A74.0

    Chlamydial conjunctivitis

  • A74.8

    Other chlamydial diseases

  • A74.81

    Chlamydial peritonitis

  • A74.89

    Other chlamydial diseases

  • A74.9

    Chlamydial infection, unspecified

  • A75

    Typhus fever

  • A75.0

    Epidemic louse-borne typhus fever due to Rickettsia prowazekii

  • A75.1

    Recrudescent typhus [Brill's disease]

  • A75.2

    Typhus fever due to Rickettsia typhi

  • A75.3

    Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

  • A75.9

    Typhus fever, unspecified

  • A77

    Spotted fever [tick-borne rickettsioses]

  • A77.0

    Spotted fever due to Rickettsia rickettsii

  • A77.1

    Spotted fever due to Rickettsia conorii

  • A77.2

    Spotted fever due to Rickettsia siberica

  • A77.3

    Spotted fever due to Rickettsia australis

  • A77.4

    Ehrlichiosis

  • A77.40

    Ehrlichiosis, unspecified

  • A77.41

    Ehrlichiosis chaffeensis [E. chaffeensis]

  • A77.49

    Other ehrlichiosis

  • A77.8

    Other spotted fevers

  • A77.9

    Spotted fever, unspecified

  • A78

    Q fever

  • A79

    Other rickettsioses

  • A79.0

    Trench fever

  • A79.1

    Rickettsialpox due to Rickettsia akari

  • A79.8

    Other specified rickettsioses

  • A79.81

    Rickettsiosis due to Ehrlichia sennetsu

  • A79.82

    Anaplasmosis [A. phagocytophilum]

  • A79.89

    Other specified rickettsioses

  • A79.9

    Rickettsiosis, unspecified

  • A80

    Acute poliomyelitis

  • A80.0

    Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associated

  • A80.1

    Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, imported

  • A80.2

    Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, indigenous

  • A80.3

    Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, other and unspecified

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