Kodex

Code

B55.0

Visceral leishmaniasis

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- B50-B64 Protozoal diseases (B50-B64)
  - B55 Leishmaniasis
    - B55.0 Visceral leishmaniasis
    - B55.1 Cutaneous leishmaniasis
    - B55.2 Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis
    - B55.9 Leishmaniasis, unspecified

Inclusion Terms

B55.0

Kala-azar
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

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

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

A06 Amebiasis
A07 Other protozoal intestinal diseases

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)