Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission - A50-A64
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
- Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
These ranges represents Categories of Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission. The "A50-A64" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad section.
Codes:
- A50 - Congenital syphilis
- A51 - Early syphilis
- A52 - Late syphilis
- A53 - Other and unspecified syphilis
- A54 - Gonococcal infection
- A55 - Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)
- A56 - Other sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases
- A57 - Chancroid
- A58 - Granuloma inguinale
- A59 - Trichomoniasis
- A60 - Anogenital herpesviral [herpes simplex] infections
- A63 - Other predominantly sexually transmitted diseases, not elsewhere classified
- A64 - Unspecified sexually transmitted disease