A04.7 - Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile

The ICD 10 Code for Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile is listed as A04.7.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	A04.7
Description:	Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile Foodborne intoxication by Clostridium difficile Pseudomembraneous colitis
Diagnostic Related Groups (MS-DRG v30.0)	371 - Major Gastrointestinal Disorders & Peritoneal Infections W Mcc 372 - Major Gastrointestinal Disorders & Peritoneal Infections W Cc 373 - Major Gastrointestinal Disorders & Peritoneal Infections W/o Cc/mcc

Chapter	Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block	Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
Parent	A04 - Other bacterial intestinal infections
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code:	008.45 - Intestinal infection due to Clostridium difficile
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of A04.7:
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
A04.8 - Other specified bacterial intestinal infections
A04.9 - Bacterial intestinal infection, unspecified