Notes for 1. INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES (001-139)

• Note: Categories for "late effects" of infectious and parasitic diseases are to be found at 137-139.
• Includes: diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible as well as a few diseases of unknown but possibly infectious origin
• Excludes: acute respiratory infections (460-466)
  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious organism (V02.0-V02.9)
  • certain localized infections
  • influenza (487.0-487.8)