1. INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES (001-139)
Note:
Categories for "late effects" of infectious and parasitic diseases are to be found at 137-139.
Includes:
diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible as well as a few diseases of unknown but possibly infectious origin
Excludes:
acute respiratory infections (460-466)
carrier or suspected carrier of infectious organism (V02.0-V02.9)
certain localized infections
influenza (487.0-487.8, 488.01-488.19)
TUBERCULOSIS(010-018)
Includes:
infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (human) (bovine)
Excludes:
congenital tuberculosis (771.2)
late effects of tuberculosis (137.0-137.4)
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with categories 010-018:
0 unspecified
1 bacteriological or histological examination not done
2 bacteriological or histological examination unknown (at present)
3 tubercle bacilli found (in sputum) by microscopy
4 tubercle bacilli not found (in sputum) by microscopy, but found by bacterial culture
5 tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed histologically
6 tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological examination, but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inoculation of animals]
010: Primary tuberculous infection
Requires fifth digit. see beginning of section 010-018 for codes and definitions.
011: Pulmonary tuberculosis
Requires fifth digit. see beginning of section 010-018 or codes and definitions.
Use additional code to identify any associated silicosis (502)
012: Other respiratory tuberculosis
Requires fifth digit. see beginning of section 010-018 for codes and definitions.
Excludes:
respiratory tuberculosis, unspecified (011.9)
013: Tuberculosis of meninges and central nervous system
Requires fifth digit. see beginning of section 010-018 for codes and definitions.
014: Tuberculosis of intestines, peritoneum, and mesenteric glands
Requires fifth digit. see beginning of section 010-018 for codes and definitions.
015: Tuberculosis of bones and joints
Requires fifth digit. see beginning of section 010-018 for codes and definitions.
Use additional code to identify manifestation, as:
tuberculous:
arthropathy (711.4)
necrosis of bone (730.8)
osteitis (730.8)
osteomyelitis (730.8)
synovitis (727.01)
tenosynovitis (727.01)
016: Tuberculosis of genitourinary system
Requires fifth digit. see beginning of section 010-018 for codes and definitions.
017: Tuberculosis of other organs
Requires fifth digit. see beginning of section 010-018 for codes and definitions.
018: Miliary tuberculosis
Requires fifth digit. see beginning of section 010-018 for codes and definitions.
Includes:
tuberculosis:
disseminated
generalized
miliary, whether of a single specified site, multiple sites, or unspecified site
polyserositis

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