Block in Chapter 1
A50–A64
Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
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- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
Also from chapter/block level (5 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 1 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 1 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Categories in this block 13
- A50Congenital syphilis
- A51Early syphilis
- A52Late syphilis
- A53Other and unspecified syphilis
- A54Gonococcal infection
- A55Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)Billable
- A56Other sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases
- A57ChancroidBillable
- A58Granuloma inguinaleBillable
- A59Trichomoniasis
- A60Anogenital herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections
- A63Other predominantly sexually transmitted diseases, not elsewhere classified
- A64Unspecified sexually transmitted diseaseBillable