Diagnosis Code

A04.71 ENTEROCOLITIS DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE, RECURRENT


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: A04.71

Short Description: Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent

Long Description: Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent

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Code Classification:

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
      • Other bacterial intestinal infections (A04)
        • A04.71 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Clostridioides difficile infection
  • Intestinal infection caused by Clostridioides difficile
  • Recurrent bacterial infection
  • Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code A04.71 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Major Gastrointestinal Disorders And Peritoneal Infections With Mcc (371)
  • Major Gastrointestinal Disorders And Peritoneal Infections With Cc (372)
  • Major Gastrointestinal Disorders And Peritoneal Infections Without Cc/mcc (373)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
A04.71 Right Arrow 008.45 Int inf clstrdium dfcile

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
A04 Other bacterial intestinal infections
A04.0 Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection
A04.1 Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
A04.2 Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection
A04.3 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection
A04.4 Other intestinal Escherichia coli infections
A04.5 Campylobacter enteritis
A04.6 Enteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica
A04.7 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile
A04.72 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, not specified as recurrent
A04.8 Other specified bacterial intestinal infections
A04.9 Bacterial intestinal infection, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023