kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

A04.7

Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile

Hierarchy

  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • A00-A09 Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
      • A04 Other bacterial intestinal infections
        • A04.7 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile
          • A04.71 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent
          • A04.72 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, not specified as recurrent

Inclusion Terms

A04.7

  • Clostridioides difficile colitis
  • Foodborne intoxication by Clostridium difficile
  • Pseudomembraneous colitis

Use Additional

A00-B99

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
    • Z16 Resistance to antimicrobial drugs

Includes

A00-B99

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

A04

  • bacterial foodborne intoxications, NEC (A05.-)
    • A05 Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified
  • A18.32 Tuberculous enteritis

A00-B99

  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

A00-B99

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
    • Z22 Carrier of infectious disease
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
    • O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
    • P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)