A09 - Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
ICD-10-CM Chapter 1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases · A00-A09 Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09) · Top-level category · FY2027
Inclusion terms listed under A09 in the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- Infectious colitis NOS
- Infectious enteritis NOS
- Infectious gastroenteritis NOS
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- colitis NOS (K52.9)
- diarrhea NOS (R19.7)
- enteritis NOS (K52.9)
- gastroenteritis NOS (K52.9)
- noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified (K52.9)
Conditions this code covers.
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
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)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)
Inpatient DRG Payments
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders Without Mcc
Avg. Medicare Payment
$5,707
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders With Mcc
Avg. Medicare Payment
$10,169
Related condition guides
Documentation requirements, coding pitfalls and FAQs for conditions coded with A09.
Codes at the same level as A09
- CholeraA00
- Typhoid and paratyphoid feversA01
- Other salmonella infectionsA02
- ShigellosisA03
- Other bacterial intestinal infectionsA04
- Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classifiedA05
- AmebiasisA06
- Other protozoal intestinal diseasesA07
- Viral and other specified intestinal infectionsA08
- Respiratory tuberculosisA15
- Tuberculosis of nervous systemA17
- Tuberculosis of other organsA18
- Miliary tuberculosisA19
- PlagueA20
- TularemiaA21
- AnthraxA22
- BrucellosisA23
- Glanders and melioidosisA24
- Rat-bite feversA25
- ErysipeloidA26
- LeptospirosisA27
- Other zoonotic bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classifiedA28
- Leprosy [Hansen's disease]A30
- Infection due to other mycobacteriaA31
- ListeriosisA32
- Tetanus neonatorumA33
- Obstetrical tetanusA34
- Other tetanusA35
- DiphtheriaA36
- Whooping coughA37
- Scarlet feverA38
- Meningococcal infectionA39
- Streptococcal sepsisA40
- Other sepsisA41
- ActinomycosisA42
- NocardiosisA43
- BartonellosisA44
- ErysipelasA46
- Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classifiedA48
- Bacterial infection of unspecified siteA49
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