PHIC PHILHEALTH CIRCULAR NO. 030, s. 2000, September 18, 2000

[ PHIC PHILHEALTH CIRCULAR NO. 030, s. 2000, September 18, 2000 ]

STRICT COMPLIANCE TO REPUBLIC ACT 3573, THE LAW ON REPORTING COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Pursuant to Board Resolution No. 2424, s. 1993, hospitals and medical practitioners are hereby directed to report to the Centers for Health Development (formerly DOH Regional Health Offices) diseases attended as enumerated in the revised list of notifiable or reportable diseases. The revised list as provided in DOH Circular No. 157-D, series of 1990 include the following.

Notifiable Diseases

ICD 10 Code

ICD-9 Code

AIDS/HIV Infection

B20._B24._

Bronchitis

J20._-J22._,J40-J42

466, 490, 491

Chickenpox

B01._

052

Cholera

A00._

001

Dengue Hemorrhage Fever

A91

065.4

Diarrhea

A00._ -A09

009

Diptheria

A36._

032

Diseases of the Heart

100-152._*

391, 393-398, 410-429

Dysentry

A03._, A06._, A07_-A09 B55.0, B82.0, B37.8, B65.1, B78.0

004 & 006

Filariasis

B74._

125

Goiter

E01._-E07._, P72.0

240-241

Gonorrhea

A54._

098

Hepatitis, Viral

B15._-B19._

070

Influenza

J10._-J11._

487

Leprosy

A30._

030

Malaria

B50._B54._

084

Malignant Neoplasms

C00._-C97

140-208

Measles

B05._

055

Pneumonia

J12._-J18._

480-486

Poliomyelitis

A80._-A89

045

Schistosomiasis

B65._

120

Syphilis

A50._-A53._

090-097

Tetanus

A34-A35

037

Tetanus Neonatorum

A33

771.3

Typhoid & Paratyphoid Fever

A01._

002

TB Meningitis

A17._+

013

TB Respiratory

A15._-A16._

010-012

TB Other Forms

A18._-A19._

014-018

Whooping Cough

A37._

033

This is also in keeping with Section 2 of RA 3573 that states, every person having knowledge of the occurence of any case of reportable or communicable diseases shall immediately notify the nearest health station either by telephone, by messenger or by written notice, specifying the disease and the name and address of the person afflicted.

The immediate disclosure of the above information and any other diseases publicly declared by the Secretary of Health to be communicable and dangerous to the public health will enable the health agencies concerned to prepare for contingencies.

For strict compliance.

Adopted: 18 Sept. 2000

(SGD.) ENRIQUE M. ZALAMEA President and CEO