1. ICD.Codes
2. ICD-10-CM (2016)
3. Chapter 1
4. Section A70-A74

ICD-10-CM Section A70-A74
Other diseases caused by chlamydiae

Coding Notes for Section A70-A74

Section Includes Notes:

Includes

Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section.

Diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Additional Code Note:

Use Additional Code

Use Additional Code note means a second code must be used in conjunction with this code. Codes with this note are Etiology codes and must be followed by a Manifestation code or codes.

Code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs See code Z16.-

Section Type-1 Excludes:

Type-1 Excludes

Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."

Certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Section Type-2 Excludes:

Type-2 Excludes

Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here."

Carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease - instead, use code Z22.-

Infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - instead, use code O98.-

Infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period - instead, use Section P35-P39

Influenza and other acute respiratory infections - instead, use Section J00-J22