Shigellosis, unspecified
Billable / specific
A03.9 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
- Bacillary dysentery NOS
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
- Bacillary dysentery NOS
- Chinese dysentery
- Dysentery, dysenteric, arthritis, bacillary
- Dysentery, dysenteric, bacillary
- Dysentery, dysenteric, bacillary, arthritis
- Dysentery, dysenteric, bacillary, Shigella
- Dysentery, dysenteric, Chinese
- Enteritis, bacillary NOS
- Infection, infected, infective, Shigella
- Sepsis, Shigella
- Shigellosis
Parent code
- A03ShigellosisHeader