A48.51 INFANT BOTULISM

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: A48.51
  • Short Description: Infant botulism
  • Long Description: Infant botulism
  • Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code A48.51 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

This code is valid for pediatric diagnoses

Synonyms

  • Autonomic disorder due to botulism
  • Disorder of autonomic nervous system due to infectious disease
  • Disorder of neuromuscular junction caused by botulinum toxin
  • Foodborne botulism
  • Foodborne botulism, type A
  • Infantile botulism
  • Infection caused by Clostridium botulinum
  • Infection of intestine caused by Clostridium botulinum
  • Intestinal botulism
  • Neonatal botulism
  • Poisoning caused by Clostridium botulinum toxin
  • Poisoning caused by Clostridium botulinum toxin
  • Poisoning caused by Clostridium botulinum toxin
  • Toxic neuromuscular junction disorder

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code A48.51 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) MS-DRG V42.0

  1. Other Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses With Mcc (867)
  2. Other Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses With Cc (868)
  3. Other Infectious And Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses Without Cc/mcc (869)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
A48.51 Right Arrow 040.41 Infant botulism
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.

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ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
A48 Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified
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A48.1 Legionnaires' disease
A48.2 Nonpneumonic Legionnaires' disease [Pontiac fever]
A48.3 Toxic shock syndrome
A48.4 Brazilian purpuric fever
A48.5 Other specified botulism
A48.52 Wound botulism
A48.8 Other specified bacterial diseases
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2024
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