Kodex

Code

B03

Smallpox

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- B00-B09 Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09)
  - B00 Herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections
  - B01 Varicella [chickenpox]
  - B02 Zoster [herpes zoster]
  - B03 Smallpox
  - B04 Monkeypox
  - B05 Measles
  - B06 Rubella [German measles]
  - B07 Viral warts
  - B08 Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions, not elsewhere classified
  - B09 Unspecified viral infection characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions

Notes

B03

In 1980 the 33rd World Health Assembly declared that smallpox had been eradicated.
The classification is maintained for surveillance purposes.

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

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)