Maternal infectious diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium

**Definition:** Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium

**Exclusions:** - Asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection - Laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus - Obstetrical tetanus - puerperal infection - Puerperal sepsis - when the reason for maternal care is that the disease is known or suspected to have affected the fetus