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A80Category · further specificity requiredArchived

Acute poliomyelitis

HierarchyA80-A89 · A80

Code-level instructions

Excludes 1

acute flaccid myelitis (G04.82)

Inherited instructions

Chapters 1 · Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2
  • 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.-)

A80-A89 · Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system (A80-A89)

Excludes 1
  • postpolio syndrome (G14)
  • sequelae of poliomyelitis (B91)
  • sequelae of viral encephalitis (B94.1)

More specific codes

A80.0Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, vaccine-associatedBillable / specificA80.1Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, importedBillable / specificA80.2Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, wild virus, indigenousBillable / specificA80.3Acute paralytic poliomyelitis, other and unspecifiedCategory · further specificity requiredA80.4Acute nonparalytic poliomyelitisBillable / specificA80.9Acute poliomyelitis, unspecifiedBillable / specific
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