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== Additional Info ==

*This is a wastebasket code to be used for a specific infectious disease for which there is no specific ICD10 code.

*~~Use it to cover disseminated~~ infections, but combine the source with it, if known.

'''Includes'''

*Disseminated infections, but combine the source with it, if known.

*Mycotic aneurysm (link this code with applicable [[:Category:Aneurysm|Aneurysm]] code)

* latent TB - An individual with latent TB has a (+) skin or immunologic test for TB but no active organ involvement combine with [[Mycobacterium Tuberculosis]]

=== Septic embolism ===

*There are 2 existing codes for specific types of septic emboli:

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*But those 2 codes don't cover septic emboli that are not PEs, i.e. elsewhere -- to code those use [[Combined ICD10 codes]] with this code plus the appropriate code from [[:Category:Venous thromboembolism]]/[[:Category:Arterial thromboembolism]].

~~=== Latent TB ===~~

* An individual with latent TB has a (+) skin or immunologic test for TB but no active organ involvement. It was agreed to code it as [[Infectious disease NOS]] with [[Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. TB)]]

== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==

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 == Additional Info ==
 *This is a wastebasket code to be used for a specific infectious disease for which there is no specific ICD10 code.
-*Use it to cover disseminated infections, but combine the source with it, if known.
+'''Includes'''
+*Disseminated infections, but combine the source with it, if known.
+*Mycotic aneurysm (link this code with applicable [[:Category:Aneurysm|Aneurysm]] code)
+* latent TB - An individual with latent TB has a (+) skin or immunologic test for TB but no active organ involvement combine with [[Mycobacterium Tuberculosis]]
 === Septic embolism ===
 *There are 2 existing codes for specific types of septic emboli:
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 *But those 2 codes don't cover septic emboli that are not PEs, i.e. elsewhere -- to code those use [[Combined ICD10 codes]] with this code plus the appropriate code from [[:Category:Venous thromboembolism]]/[[:Category:Arterial thromboembolism]].
-=== Latent TB ===
-* An individual with latent TB has a (+) skin or immunologic test for TB but no active organ involvement. It was agreed to code it as [[Infectious disease NOS]] with [[Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. TB)]]
 == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==