A04.8

A04.8: Other specified bacterial intestinal infections

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A04.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified bacterial intestinal infections. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A04.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A04.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A04: Other bacterial intestinal infections

bacterial foodborne intoxications, NEC (A05.-)
tuberculous enteritis (A18.32)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

A04.8 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Colitis›staphylococcal
Enteritis›staphylococcal
Infection, infected, infective›Helicobacter pylori
Pseudotuberculosis›enterocolitis
Diarrhea, diarrheal›due to›Clostridium perfringens(C) (F)
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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.