A01.0 Typhoid fever

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A01.00 Typhoid fever, unspecified
A01.01 Typhoid meningitis
A01.02 Typhoid fever with heart involvement
A01.03 Typhoid pneumonia
A01.04 Typhoid arthritis
A01.05 Typhoid osteomyelitis
A01.09 Typhoid fever with other complications

Instructional notes

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
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)

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code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

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Inclusion terms

Infection due to Salmonella typhi

Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases · A00-A09 Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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