B18

Excludes2 means 'NOT INCLUDED HERE!' An Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

• 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)