A07.8

A07.8: Other specified protozoal intestinal diseases

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A07.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified protozoal intestinal diseases. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Intestinal microsporidiosis
Intestinal trichomoniasis
Sarcocystosis
Sarcosporidiosis

Other codes that can never be billed with A07.8

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

A06Amebiasis
B60Other protozoal diseases, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

A07.8 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Chilomastigiasis
Embadomoniasis
Retortamoniasis
Sarcocystosis
Sarcosporidiosis(intestinal)
Colitis›trichomonal
Diarrhea, diarrheal›Chilomastix
Diarrhea, diarrheal›Dientamoeba
Diarrhea, diarrheal›trichomonal
Dysentery, dysenteric›Chilomastix
Dysentery, dysenteric›Dientamoeba(fragilis)
Dysentery, dysenteric›Embadomonas

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.