Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
includes diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
useAdditionalCode code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
excludes1 certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
excludes2 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)