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
  • A80.30

    Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, unspecified

  • A80.39

    Other acute paralytic poliomyelitis

  • A80.4

    Acute nonparalytic poliomyelitis

  • A80.9

    Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified

  • A81

    Atypical virus infections of central nervous system

  • A81.0

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  • A81.00

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, unspecified

  • A81.01

    Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  • A81.09

    Other Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  • A81.1

    Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

  • A81.2

    Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

  • A81.8

    Other atypical virus infections of central nervous system

  • A81.81

    Kuru

  • A81.82

    Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome

  • A81.83

    Fatal familial insomnia

  • A81.89

    Other atypical virus infections of central nervous system

  • A81.9

    Atypical virus infection of central nervous system, unspecified

  • A82

    Rabies

  • A82.0

    Sylvatic rabies

  • A82.1

    Urban rabies

  • A82.9

    Rabies, unspecified

  • A83

    Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis

  • A83.0

    Japanese encephalitis

  • A83.1

    Western equine encephalitis

  • A83.2

    Eastern equine encephalitis

  • A83.3

    St Louis encephalitis

  • A83.4

    Australian encephalitis

  • A83.5

    California encephalitis

  • A83.6

    Rocio virus disease

  • A83.8

    Other mosquito-borne viral encephalitis

  • A83.9

    Mosquito-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified

  • A84

    Tick-borne viral encephalitis

  • A84.0

    Far Eastern tick-borne encephalitis [Russian spring-summer encephalitis]

  • A84.1

    Central European tick-borne encephalitis

  • A84.8

    Other tick-borne viral encephalitis

  • A84.81

    Powassan virus disease

  • A84.89

    Other tick-borne viral encephalitis

  • A84.9

    Tick-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified

  • A85

    Other viral encephalitis, not elsewhere classified

  • A85.0

    Enteroviral encephalitis

  • A85.1

    Adenoviral encephalitis

  • A85.2

    Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis, unspecified

  • A85.8

    Other specified viral encephalitis

  • A86

    Unspecified viral encephalitis

  • A87

    Viral meningitis

  • A87.0

    Enteroviral meningitis

  • A87.1

    Adenoviral meningitis

  • A87.2

    Lymphocytic choriomeningitis

  • A87.8

    Other viral meningitis

  • A87.9

    Viral meningitis, unspecified

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