ICD-10 Specific code A30: Leprosy [Hansen's disease]

Specific codes in ICD-10 are unique alphanumeric designations used to identify and categorize diseases, disorders, and conditions. They consist of 3-5 characters, including both letters and numbers, that provide a high level of detail and specificity.

Translations

Language Translation
Flag for English language  English Leprosy [Hansen's disease]
Flag for French language  French Lรจpre [maladie de Hansen]

Hierarchical position

Level Code Title
1 I Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
2 A30-A49 Other bacterial diseases
3 A30 Leprosy [Hansen's disease]

Contents

Code Title
A30.0 Indeterminate leprosy
A30.1 Tuberculoid leprosy
A30.2 Borderline tuberculoid leprosy
A30.3 Borderline leprosy
A30.4 Borderline lepromatous leprosy
A30.5 Lepromatous leprosy
A30.8 Other forms of leprosy
A30.9 Leprosy, unspecified

Indicated medicines

Active Ingredient Description
Chlofazimine

Clofazimine is an antimycobacterial drug. Clofazimine exerts a slow bactericidal effect on Mycobacterium leprae (Hansen’s bacillus). Clofazimine inhibits mycobacterial growth and binds preferentially to mycobacterial DNA.

Ethionamide

Ethionamide is bacteriostatic against M. tuberculosis at therapeutic concentrations, but may be bactericidal at higher concentrations. The exact mechanism of action of ethionamide has not been fully elucidated, but the drug appears to inhibit peptide synthesis in susceptible organisms. Drug resistance develops rapidly when ethionamide is given as monotherapy.

Minocycline

Minocycline is a semi-synthetic derivative of tetracycline. Minocycline inhibits protein synthesis in susceptible bacteria. In common with other tetracyclines it is primarily bacteriostatic and has a similar spectrum of activity to other tetracyclines.