Kodex

Code

A48.2

Nonpneumonic Legionnaires' disease [Pontiac fever]

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- A30-A49 Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)
  - A48 Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified
    - A48.0 Gas gangrene
    - A48.1 Legionnaires' disease
    - A48.2 Nonpneumonic Legionnaires' disease [Pontiac fever]
    - A48.3 Toxic shock syndrome
    - A48.4 Brazilian purpuric fever
    - A48.5 Other specified botulism
    - A48.8 Other specified bacterial diseases

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

B47.1 Actinomycetoma

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)