A09
Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
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
This code · A09
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 A09
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 A09 in the alphabetic index
19 index paths lead to this code
- Dysentery, dysenteric
- Diarrhea, diarrheal › dysenteric
- Diarrhea, diarrheal › endemic
- Diarrhea, diarrheal › epidemic
- Diarrhea, diarrheal › infectious
- Disease, diseased › diarrheal, infectious NEC
- Dysentery, dysenteric › arthritis
- Enteritis › epidemic
- Enteritis › infectious NOS
- Enteritis › septic
- Enterocolitis › infectious NEC
- Gastroenteritis › epidemic
- Gastroenteropathy › infectious
- Ileitis › infectious
- Ileocolitis › infectious
- Sigmoiditis › infectious
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › dysenteric
- Arthritis, arthritic › in › enteritis, infectious NEC
- Colitis › regional › infectious