A00-B99 - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

ICD-10-CM Chapter 1 · 22 sections · 167 categories · 1,309 codes · FY2027

Covers bacterial, viral, and parasitic infections including tuberculosis, HIV, hepatitis, and other communicable diseases.

Chapter Notes

IncludesFrom Chapter A00-B99

Conditions this code covers.

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter A00-B99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
  • 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 CodeFrom Chapter A00-B99

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)

Categories in this Chapter (167)

A00-A09Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)(10)

A15-A19Tuberculosis (A15-A19)(4)

A20-A28Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases (A20-A28)(9)

A30-A49Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)(18)

A50-A64Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)(13)

A65-A69Other spirochetal diseases (A65-A69)(5)

A70-A74Other diseases caused by chlamydiae (A70-A74)(3)

A75-A79Rickettsioses (A75-A79)(4)

A80-A89Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)(10)

A90-A99Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral hemorrhagic fevers (A90-A99)(9)

B00-B09Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09)(10)

B10Other human herpesviruses (B10)(1)

B15-B19Viral hepatitis (B15-B19)(5)

B20Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)(1)

B25-B34Other viral diseases (B25-B34)(6)

B35-B49Mycoses (B35-B49)(15)

B50-B64Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)(12)

B65-B83Helminthiases (B65-B83)(19)

B85-B89Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations (B85-B89)(5)

B90-B94Sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases (B90-B94)(4)

B95-B97Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97)(3)

B99Other infectious diseases (B99)(1)