Kodex

Code

A04.71

Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent

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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

Foodborne intoxication by Clostridium difficile
Pseudomembraneous colitis

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

Includes

diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes 1

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

certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters

Excludes 2

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)