A08

A08: Viral and other specified intestinal infections

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

A08 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for viral and other specified intestinal infections. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

influenza with involvement of gastrointestinal tract (J09.X3, J10.2, J11.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with A08

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

J09.X3Influenza due to identified novel influenza A virus with gastrointestinal manifestations
J10.2Influenza due to other identified influenza virus with gastrointestinal manifestations
J11.2Influenza due to unidentified influenza virus with gastrointestinal manifestations

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead A08

6 child codes. Green means billable.