A00-B99

ICD-10-CM Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

Chapter 1 of the ICD-10-CM tabular list covers A00-B99. It contains 22 blocks of related categories, listed below with the categories published in each.

Includes

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.

  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes2

Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.

  • 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

Report an additional code to identify the associated condition.

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

A00-A09: Intestinal infectious diseases

A15-A19: Tuberculosis

A20-A28: Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases

A30-A49: Other bacterial diseases

A50-A64: Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission

A65-A69: Other spirochetal diseases

A70-A74: Other diseases caused by chlamydiae

A75-A79: Rickettsioses

A80-A89: Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system

A90-A99: Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral hemorrhagic fevers

B00-B09: Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions

B10: Other human herpesviruses

B15-B19: Viral hepatitis

B20: Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

B25-B34: Other viral diseases

B35-B49: Mycoses

B50-B64: Protozoal diseases

B65-B83: Helminthiases

B85-B89: Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations

B90-B94: Sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases

B95-B97: Bacterial and viral infectious agents

B99: Other infectious diseases

Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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