A08.8

A08.8: Other specified intestinal infections

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A08.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified intestinal infections. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A08.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A08.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A08: Viral and other specified intestinal infections

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

Other codes that can never be billed with A08.8

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.

Medicare coverage

A08.8 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 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

Diarrhea, diarrheal›due to›specified organism NEC
Enteritis›infectious NOS›specified organism NEC
Infection, infected, infective›intestine, intestinal›specified NEC
Arthritis, arthritic›in›enteritis, infectious NEC›specified organism NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.