Shigellosis due to Shigella dysenteriae
Billable / specific
A03.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Group A shigellosis [Shiga-Kruse dysentery]
Includes (from A03)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A03)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A03)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A03)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A03)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A03)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Group A shigellosis [Shiga-Kruse dysentery]
- Bacillus, Shiga's
- Dysentery, dysenteric, bacillary, Schmitz
- Dysentery, dysenteric, bacillary, Shiga
- Dysentery, dysenteric, bacillary, Shigella, dysenteriae
- Dysentery, dysenteric, bacillary, Shigella, group A
- Dysentery, dysenteric, Schmitz
- Dysentery, dysenteric, Shiga
- Infection, infected, infective, Bacillus, Shiga
- Infection, infected, infective, Shigella, dysenteriae
- Infection, infected, infective, Shigella, group, A
- Infection, infected, infective, Shigella, Schmitz
- Infection, infected, infective, Shigella, schmitzii
- Infection, infected, infective, Shigella, shigae
- Schmitzdysentery
- Shigadysentery
Parent code
- A03ShigellosisHeader