Kodex

Code

B72

Dracunculiasis

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Hierarchy

A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- B65-B83 Helminthiases (B65-B83)
  - B65 Schistosomiasis [bilharziasis]
  - B66 Other fluke infections
  - B67 Echinococcosis
  - B68 Taeniasis
  - B69 Cysticercosis
  - B70 Diphyllobothriasis and sparganosis
  - B71 Other cestode infections
  - B72 Dracunculiasis
  - B73 Onchocerciasis
  - B74 Filariasis
  - B75 Trichinellosis
  - B76 Hookworm diseases
  - B77 Ascariasis
  - B78 Strongyloidiasis
  - B79 Trichuriasis
  - B80 Enterobiasis
  - B81 Other intestinal helminthiases, not elsewhere classified
  - B82 Unspecified intestinal parasitism
  - B83 Other helminthiases

Use Additional

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

Includes

B72

guinea worm infection
infection due to Dracunculus medinensis

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)