Kodex

Code

A46

Erysipelas

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- A30-A49 Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
  - A30 Leprosy [Hansen's disease]
  - A31 Infection due to other mycobacteria
  - A32 Listeriosis
  - A33 Tetanus neonatorum
  - A34 Obstetrical tetanus
  - A35 Other tetanus
  - A36 Diphtheria
  - A37 Whooping cough
  - A38 Scarlet fever
  - A39 Meningococcal infection
  - A40 Streptococcal sepsis
  - A41 Other sepsis
  - A42 Actinomycosis
  - A43 Nocardiosis
  - A44 Bartonellosis
  - A46 Erysipelas
  - A48 Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified
  - A49 Bacterial infection of unspecified site

Use Additional

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

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

A46

postpartum or puerperal erysipelas (O86.89)
- O86.89 Other specified puerperal infections

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- Z22 Carrier of infectious disease
infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)