Infections in ICD10

Infections

Diagnosis codes that imply the pathogen

There are some single infection codes that incorporate the organism in the name, e.g: Salmonella enteritis

Infections where pathogen is coded separately

But for most infections, they don't, e.g: Pneumonia, bacterial
- In these cases it is required to combine with the infection code the code for the organism from the "buglist":

Pathogens codes:
Acinetobacter species Adenovirus Aspergillus Bacillus fragilis (B. frag) Bacteria, NOS Blastomyces COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) Candida species Chlamydia trachomatis (bug responsible for regular sexually transmitted chlamydia) Citrobacter species Clostridium perfringens Coccidioides Coronavirus Cryptococcus Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Entamoeba histolytica (amoebic infection of non-intestinal sites) Enterobacter species Enterococcus species Enterovirus - incl coxsackievirus, echovirus Escherichia coli (E. coli) Fungus or yeast, NOS Haemophilus influenzae (H. flu) Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) Herpes simplex virus (HSV) Histoplasma Infectious organism, unknown Influenza virus NOS -- should almost never be used Klebsiella species Legionella Listeria Lyme disease OR for buglist Borrelia burgdorferi or B. mayonii Measles virus Mosquito-borne viruses (causes of encephalitis) Mucormycetes Mumps virus Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAC) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. TB) Mycoplasma pneumoniae Neisseria gonorrhea (gonococcus) Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) Nocardia (nocardiosis) Nontuberculous mycobacteria Other type of infectious organism, NOS Papillomavirus Paracoccidioides Parainfluenza virus Parvovirus Pneumocystis Jirovecii or Pneumocystis Carinii Proteus mirabilus (morganii) Protozoa, NOS Pseudomonas Rabies OR for buglist rabies virus Reovirus Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Retrovirus Rubella virus (German measles virus) Salmonella species Serratia species Spirochetes, NOS - incl yaws, louse-borne, tick-borne Sporothrix Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus, NOS Stenotrophomonas species Streptococcus group A (strep pyogenes) Streptococcus group B (strep agalactiae) Streptococcus group D Streptococcus group G Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus, NOS Tick-borne viruses (causes of encephalitis) Toxoplasmosis OR for buglist Toxoplama gondii Treponema pallidum (Syphilis) Varicella zoster virus (VZV) Virus, NOS West Nile virus

The buglist contains specific codes for a number of different bacteria, viruses, fungi/yeast, mycobacteria and miscellaneous types of organisms.
- If you don't see the specific organism in your case, then there are wastebasket codes:
  - Bacteria, NOS
  - Virus, NOS
  - Fungus or yeast, NOS
  - Nontuberculous mycobacteria
  - Infectious disease NOS OR for buglist organism NOS (when you don't have any idea even what type of bug it is).

Lab confirmation of results

Waiting for lab microbiology results:(5 days usual for blood cultures, 2 week for Cadham)