A03.0
A03.0: Shigellosis due to Shigella dysenteriae
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
A03.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for shigellosis due to shigella dysenteriae. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check A03.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Group A shigellosis [Shiga-Kruse dysentery]
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
A03.0 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58747Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
- A58761Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Schmitz dysentery(-Stutzer)
- Shiga dysentery(-Kruse)
- Shiga's bacillus
- Bacillus›Shiga's
- Dysentery, dysenteric›Schmitz(-Stutzer)
- Dysentery, dysenteric›Shiga(-Kruse)
- Shigellosis›Group A
- Dysentery, dysenteric›bacillary›Schmitz(-Stutzer)
- Dysentery, dysenteric›bacillary›Shiga(-Kruse)
- Infection, infected, infective›Bacillus›Shiga(-Kruse)
- Infection, infected, infective›Shigella›dysenteriae
- Infection, infected, infective›Shigella›Schmitz(-Stutzer)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.