A22.0 Cutaneous anthrax

Instructional Notes:

A22.0
Description: Cutaneous anthrax
Inclusion Term:
- Malignant carbuncle
- Malignant pustule
↓
A22
Description: Anthrax
Include:
- infection due to Bacillus anthracis
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A20-A28
Description: Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases (A20-A28)
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A00-B99
Description: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Exclude1:
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Exclude2:
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
- 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:
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Include:
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible