A04.7

Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile

Non-billable header

A04.7 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

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

Includes (from A04)

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • bacterial foodborne intoxications, NEC (A05.-) (from A04)
  • tuberculous enteritis (A18.32) (from A04)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A04)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A04)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A04)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A04)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A04)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-) (from A04)

Also known as

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

Parent code

  • A04Other bacterial intestinal infectionsHeader

More specific codes A04.7

  • A04.71Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrentBillable
  • A04.72Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, not specified as recurrentBillable

Related codes

  • A04.0Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infectionBillable
  • A04.1Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infectionBillable
  • A04.2Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infectionBillable
  • A04.3Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infectionBillable
  • A04.4Other intestinal Escherichia coli infectionsBillable
  • A04.5Campylobacter enteritisBillable
  • A04.6Enteritis due to Yersinia enterocoliticaBillable
  • A04.8Other specified bacterial intestinal infectionsBillable
  • A04.9Bacterial intestinal infection, unspecifiedBillable

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