A04.8
Other specified bacterial intestinal infections
Billable code
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
Inherited from A04Other bacterial intestinal infections
Inherited from chapter 1Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
Includes
diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes 1
certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes 2
carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use additional
code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Official Guidelines for A04.8
FY 2026 ›I.C.1Chapter-specific guidanceChapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99), U07.1, U09.9
Subsections
- I.C.1.aHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections
- I.C.1.bInfectious agents as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
- I.C.1.cInfections resistant to antibiotics
- I.C.1.dSepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock Infections resistant to antibiotics
- I.C.1.eMethicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Conditions
- I.C.1.fZika virus infections
- I.C.1.gCoronavirus infections
Find A04.8 in the alphabetic index
16 index paths lead to this code
- Colitis › staphylococcal
- Enteritis › staphylococcal
- Infection, infected, infective › Helicobacter pylori
- Pseudotuberculosis › enterocolitis
- Diarrhea, diarrheal › due to › Clostridium perfringens
- Diarrhea, diarrheal › due to › Staphylococcus
- Diarrhea, diarrheal › specified › bacterium NEC
- Enteritis › bacterial › specified NEC
- Diarrhea, diarrheal › due to › bacteria › specified NEC
- Diarrhea, diarrheal › due to › specified organism NEC › bacterial
- Enteritis › infectious NOS › due to › Aerobacter aerogenes
- Enteritis › infectious NOS › due to › Clostridium perfringens
- Enteritis › infectious NOS › due to › Enterobacter aerogenes
- Enteritis › infectious NOS › due to › Staphylococcus
- Enteritis › infectious NOS › due to › bacteria NOS › specified NEC
- Enteritis › infectious NOS › due to › specified › bacteria NEC