Kodex

Section

A56

Other sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases

Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- A50-A64 Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
  - A56 Other sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases
    - A56.0 Chlamydial infection of lower genitourinary tract
    - A56.1 Chlamydial infection of pelviperitoneum and other genitourinary organs
    - A56.2 Chlamydial infection of genitourinary tract, unspecified
    - A56.3 Chlamydial infection of anus and rectum
    - A56.4 Chlamydial infection of pharynx
    - A56.8 Sexually transmitted chlamydial infection of other sites

Use Additional

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

Includes

A56

sexually transmitted diseases due to Chlamydia
trachomatis

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

A56

neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis (P39.1)
- P39.1 Neonatal conjunctivitis and dacryocystitis
neonatal chlamydial pneumonia (P23.1)
- P23.1 Congenital pneumonia due to Chlamydia

B20 Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease
nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
- N34.1 Nonspecific urethritis
M02.3 Reiter's disease

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

A56

chlamydial lymphogranuloma (A55)
- A55 Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)
conditions classified to A74.-

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)