A48.8 OTHER SPECIFIED BACTERIAL DISEASES

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: A48.8
  • Short Description: Other specified bacterial diseases
  • Long Description: Other specified bacterial diseases
  • Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code A48.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

Synonyms

  • Clostridioides difficile infection
  • Dermatophilosis caused by Dermatophilus congolensis
  • Disease caused by Gram-negative bacillus
  • Disease caused by Gram-negative cocci
  • Disease caused by Gram-positive bacteria
  • Disease caused by Gram-positive coccus
  • Endotoxemia
  • Endotoxicosis
  • Eperythrozoonosis
  • Extraintestinal infection caused by Clostridioides difficile
  • Iatrogenic infection caused by Clostridium botulinum
  • Infection caused by carbapenem resistant bacteria
  • Infection caused by Clostridium botulinum
  • Infection caused by Fusobacterium
  • Infection caused by Rhodococcus hoagii
  • Infection due to carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae
  • Necrobacillosis
  • Non-pyogenic bacterial infection of skin
  • Recalcitrant erythematous desquamating disorder
  • Rhinoscleroma
  • Trichomycosis axillaris
  • Trichomycosis pubis
  • Tyzzer's disease
  • Yersiniosis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code A48.8 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
A48.8 Right Arrow 040.1 Rhinoscleroma
040.89 Bacterial diseases NEC
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
A48 Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified
A48.0 Gas gangrene
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
A48.51 Infant botulism
A48.52 Wound botulism
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