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