B03 Smallpox

• B03
  Description: Smallpox
  Notes:
  • In 1980 the 33rd World Health Assembly declared that smallpox had been eradicated.
  • The classification is maintained for surveillance purposes.
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• B00-B09
  Description: Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B00-B09)
  ↓
• 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