B99

Other and unspecified infectious diseases

Non-billable header

B99 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • 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)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

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

Also known as

  • Arthropathy, postinfectious NEC
  • ConjunctivitisNOS, in infectious disease NEC
  • Encephalitis, in infectious disease NEC
  • Iridocyclitis, in infectious disease NOS
  • Mastoiditis, in infectious disease NEC
  • Myopathy, in infectious disease NEC
  • Neuritis, acoustic, in infectious disease NEC
  • Otitis, externa, in infectious disease NEC
  • Pneumonia, postinfectional NEC
  • Polyneuropathy, in infectious, disease NEC

More specific codes B99

  • B99.8Other infectious diseaseBillable
  • B99.9Unspecified infectious diseaseBillable

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