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A05 - Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified

ICD-10-CM Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases · A00-A09 Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

A05 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 8 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom A05

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • Clostridium difficile foodborne intoxication and infection (A04.7-)
  • Escherichia coli infection (A04.0-A04.4)
  • listeriosis (A32.-)
  • salmonella foodborne intoxication and infection (A02.-)
  • toxic effect of noxious foodstuffs (T61-T62)
IncludesFrom Chapter A00-B99

Conditions this code covers.

  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter A00-B99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)
Use Additional CodeFrom Chapter A00-B99

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

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

More Specific Codes (8)

A05.0Foodborne staphylococcal intoxication→A05.1Botulism food poisoning→A05.2Foodborne Clostridium perfringens [Clostridium welchii] intoxication→A05.3Foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus intoxication→A05.4Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication→A05.5Foodborne Vibrio vulnificus intoxication→A05.8Other specified bacterial foodborne intoxications→A05.9Bacterial foodborne intoxication, unspecified→

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