B77.0 Ascariasis with intestinal complications

Instructional Notes:

B77.0
Description: Ascariasis with intestinal complications
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B77
Description: Ascariasis
Include:
- ascaridiasis
- roundworm infection
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B65-B83
Description: Helminthiases (B65-B83)
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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