Filariasis

Description

infections with nematodes of the superfamily Filarioidea; presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis; organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischaemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.

Excludes

1F6A – Onchocerciasis

Exclusions from above levels

NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Child codes

1F66.0 – Loiasis
1F66.1 – Mansonelliasis
1F66.2 – Filariasis due to Brugia species
1F66.3 – Lymphatic filariasis
1F66.4 – Subcutaneous dirofilariasis
1F66.Y – Other specified filariasis
1F66.Z – Filariasis, unspecified

Sibling codes

1F60 – Angiostrongyliasis
1F61 – Anisakiasis
1F62 – Ascariasis
1F63 – Capillariasis
1F64 – Dracunculiasis
1F65 – Enterobiasis
1F67 – Gnathostomiasis
1F68 – Hookworm diseases
1F69 – Oesophagostomiasis
1F6A – Onchocerciasis
1F6B – Strongyloidiasis
1F6C – Syngamosis
1F6D – Toxocariasis
1F6E – Trichinosis
1F6F – Trichostrongyliasis
1F6G – Trichuriasis
1F6H – Uncinariosis
1F6Y – Other specified diseases due to nematodes
1F6Z – Diseases due to nematodes, unspecified

Foundation entity

Filariasis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1975325075

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases