B88.8 Other specified infestations
Instructional Notes:
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B88.8
Description: Other specified infestations
Inclusion Term:
- Ichthyoparasitism due to Vandellia cirrhosa
- Linguatulosis
- Porocephaliasis
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B88
Description: Other infestations
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B85-B89
Description: Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations (B85-B89)
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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