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(NAR) VOL. 14 NOS. 3-4 / OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2003

[ 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

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