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. 2007 Jun 12;4:6.

Table 6.

Reportable Diseases not Fully Captured by Either Coding System

National Health Reportable Diseases ICD-9-CM Rank ICD-10-CM Rank Explanation
Anaplasmosis 1 1 Not captured by either system
Aseptic meningitis 3 3 Codes and descriptions different and only partially captured
Basidiobolomycosis 1 1 Not captured by either system
Campylobacteriosis 1 1 Not captured by either system
Emerging or exotic disease** 1 1 Not captured by either system
Influenza like illnesses* 4 4 Captured by both systems but in I-9, there is a code for influenza with pneumonia and in I-10 it is coded as influenza with respiratory manifestations without another specific code for influenza with pneumonia. I-10 includes a code for influenzal gastroenteritis and I-9 does not
Nipah virus 1 1 Not captured by either system
Norovirus 1 1 Not captured by either system
Outbreaks waterborne 1 1 Not captured by either system
Outbreaks — all other 1 1 Not captured by either system
Mucopurulent cervicitis 4 4 Neither specify mucopurulent, only capture cervicitis
*

CDC National Reportable Disease

**

Could be used as a placeholder for future code additions.

Ranking:

  • 5= Diagnosis is fully captured by the code/codes

  • 4=Diagnosis is almost fully captured by the code/codes

  • 3=Diagnosis is partially captured by the code/codes

  • 2=Diagnosis is less than partially captured by the code/codes

  • 1=Diagnosis is not captured by the code/codes