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
  • A05

    Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified

  • A05.0

    Foodborne staphylococcal intoxication

  • A05.1

    Botulism food poisoning

  • A05.2

    Foodborne Clostridium perfringens [Clostridium welchii] intoxication

  • A05.3

    Foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus intoxication

  • A05.4

    Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication

  • A05.5

    Foodborne Vibrio vulnificus intoxication

  • A05.8

    Other specified bacterial foodborne intoxications

  • A05.9

    Bacterial foodborne intoxication, unspecified

  • A06

    Amebiasis

  • A06.0

    Acute amebic dysentery

  • A06.1

    Chronic intestinal amebiasis

  • A06.2

    Amebic nondysenteric colitis

  • A06.3

    Ameboma of intestine

  • A06.4

    Amebic liver abscess

  • A06.5

    Amebic lung abscess

  • A06.6

    Amebic brain abscess

  • A06.7

    Cutaneous amebiasis

  • A06.8

    Amebic infection of other sites

  • A06.81

    Amebic cystitis

  • A06.82

    Other amebic genitourinary infections

  • A06.89

    Other amebic infections

  • A06.9

    Amebiasis, unspecified

  • A07

    Other protozoal intestinal diseases

  • A07.0

    Balantidiasis

  • A07.1

    Giardiasis [lambliasis]

  • A07.2

    Cryptosporidiosis

  • A07.3

    Isosporiasis

  • A07.4

    Cyclosporiasis

  • A07.8

    Other specified protozoal intestinal diseases

  • A07.9

    Protozoal intestinal disease, unspecified

  • A08

    Viral and other specified intestinal infections

  • A08.0

    Rotaviral enteritis

  • A08.1

    Acute gastroenteropathy due to Norwalk agent and other small round viruses

  • A08.11

    Acute gastroenteropathy due to Norwalk agent

  • A08.19

    Acute gastroenteropathy due to other small round viruses

  • A08.2

    Adenoviral enteritis

  • A08.3

    Other viral enteritis

  • A08.31

    Calicivirus enteritis

  • A08.32

    Astrovirus enteritis

  • A08.39

    Other viral enteritis

  • A08.4

    Viral intestinal infection, unspecified

  • A08.8

    Other specified intestinal infections

  • A09

    Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified

  • A15

    Respiratory tuberculosis

  • A15.0

    Tuberculosis of lung

  • A15.4

    Tuberculosis of intrathoracic lymph nodes

  • A15.5

    Tuberculosis of larynx, trachea and bronchus

  • A15.6

    Tuberculous pleurisy

  • A15.7

    Primary respiratory tuberculosis

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