A08.4

Viral intestinal infection, unspecified

Billable / specific

A08.4 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

  • Viral enteritis NOS
  • Viral gastroenteritis NOS
  • Viral gastroenteropathy NOS

Includes (from A08)

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

Excludes2

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

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A08)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A08)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A08)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A08)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A08)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-) (from A08)

Also known as

  • Viral enteritis NOS
  • Viral gastroenteritis NOS
  • Viral gastroenteropathy NOS
  • Dysentery, dysenteric, viral
  • Enteritis, infectious NOS, due to virus NEC
  • Enteritis, viral
  • Flu, intestinal NEC
  • Gastritis, viral NEC
  • Gastroduodenitis, virus, viral
  • Gastroenteritis, viral NEC

Parent code

  • A08Viral and other specified intestinal infectionsHeader

Related codes

  • A08.0Rotaviral enteritisBillable
  • A08.1Acute gastroenteropathy due to Norwalk agent and other small round virusesHeader
  • A08.2Adenoviral enteritisBillable
  • A08.3Other viral enteritisHeader
  • A08.8Other specified intestinal infectionsBillable

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