Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified (A48)

• ICD-10 Index

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)

    • Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49)

      • Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified (A48)

        • A48 - Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • A48.0 - Gas gangrene BILLABLE CODE
        • A48.1 - Legionnaires' disease BILLABLE CODE
        • A48.2 - Nonpneumonic Legionnaires' disease [Pontiac fever] BILLABLE CODE
        • A48.3 - Toxic shock syndrome BILLABLE CODE
        • A48.4 - Brazilian purpuric fever BILLABLE CODE
        • A48.5 - Other specified botulism NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • A48.51 - Infant botulism BILLABLE CODE
        • A48.52 - Wound botulism BILLABLE CODE
        • A48.8 - Other specified bacterial diseases BILLABLE CODE

Clinical Information for Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified (A48)

Gas Gangrene - A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus CLOSTRIDIUM. C. perfringens accounts for the majority of cases (over eighty percent), while C. noyvi, C. septicum, and C. histolyticum cause most of the other cases.

Legionnaires' Disease - An acute, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like bacterial infection characterized by high fever, malaise, muscle aches, respiratory disorders and headache. It is named for an outbreak at the 1976 Philadelphia convention of the American Legion.

Endotoxemia - A condition characterized by the presence of ENDOTOXINS in the blood. On lysis, the outer cell wall of gram-negative bacteria enters the systemic circulation and initiates a pathophysiologic cascade of pro-inflammatory mediators.

Rhinoscleroma - A granulomatous disease caused by KLEBSIELLA RHINOSCLEROMATIS infection. Despite its name, this disease is not limited to the nose and NASOPHARYNX but may affect any part of the RESPIRATORY TRACT, sometimes with extension to the lip and the skin.

Endotoxins - Toxins closely associated with the living cytoplasm or cell wall of certain microorganisms, which do not readily diffuse into the culture medium, but are released upon lysis of the cells.

Clostridium - A genus of motile or nonmotile gram-positive bacteria of the family Clostridiaceae. Many species have been identified with some being pathogenic. They occur in water, soil, and in the intestinal tract of humans and lower animals.

Instructional Notations

Type 1 Excludes Type 1 Excludes
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

• actinomycetoma B47.1