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A08.4

A08.4: Viral intestinal infection, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A08.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for viral intestinal infection, unspecified. 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.

  • Viral enteritis NOS
  • Viral gastroenteritis NOS
  • Viral gastroenteropathy NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A08.4

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A08: Viral and other specified intestinal infections

Other codes that can never be billed with A08.4

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.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Dysentery, dysenteric›viral
  • Enteritis›viral
  • Flu›intestinal NEC
  • Gastritis›viral NEC
  • Gastroduodenitis›virus, viral
  • Gastroenteritis›viral NEC
  • Enteritis›infectious NOS›due to›virus NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under A08

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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