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
  • B95

    Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, and Enterococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.0

    Streptococcus, group A, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.1

    Streptococcus, group B, as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.2

    Enterococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.3

    Streptococcus pneumoniae as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.4

    Other streptococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.5

    Unspecified streptococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.6

    Staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • 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

  • B95.7

    Other staphylococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B95.8

    Unspecified staphylococcus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96

    Other bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.0

    Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.1

    Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.2

    Escherichia coli [E. coli ] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.20

    Unspecified Escherichia coli [E. coli] 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

  • B96.29

    Other Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.3

    Hemophilus influenzae [H. influenzae] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.4

    Proteus (mirabilis) (morganii) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.5

    Pseudomonas (aeruginosa) (mallei) (pseudomallei) as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.6

    Bacteroides fragilis [B. fragilis] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.7

    Clostridium perfringens [C. perfringens] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.8

    Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.81

    Helicobacter pylori [H. pylori] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.82

    Vibrio vulnificus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.83

    Acinetobacter baumannii as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B96.89

    Other specified bacterial agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97

    Viral agents as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.0

    Adenovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.1

    Enterovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.10

    Unspecified enterovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.11

    Coxsackievirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.12

    Echovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.19

    Other enterovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.2

    Coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.21

    SARS-associated coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.29

    Other coronavirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.3

    Retrovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.30

    Unspecified retrovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.31

    Lentivirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.32

    Oncovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.33

    Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus, type I [HTLV-I] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.34

    Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus, type II [HTLV-II] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.35

    Human immunodeficiency virus, type 2 [HIV 2] as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.39

    Other retrovirus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

  • B97.4

    Respiratory syncytial virus as the cause of diseases classified elsewhere

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