Chapter -1 (ICD-10-CM)
Certain Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
(Part – 1)
Chapter -1 of ICD-10-CM contains codes for diseases which are generally communicable and transmissible.
Code Range of this chapter: A00 – B99
This section reviews Coding Guidelines for the conditions, HIV and Sepsis.
An infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce.
Infections are 3 type
1) Bacterial
E.g. HIV, small pox, chickenpox, dengueeptococcal, Straphylococcal
2) Viral
E.g. HIV, small pox, chickenpox, dengue
3) Fungal
E.g. Candiadisis, mycosis
A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite. Many parasites do not cause diseases as it may eventually lead to death of both organism and host.
Parasitic Diseases
e.g ameobiasis, malaria, filaria
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