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A05.1 - Botulism food poisoning


The ICD 10 Code for Botulism food poisoning is listed as A05.1.
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: A05.1
Description: Botulism food poisoning
  • Botulism NOS
  • Classical foodborne intoxication due to Clostridium botulinum
  • Excludes1: infant botulism (A48.51)
  • wound botulism (A48.52)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
867 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Mcc
868 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Cc
869 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
Block Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
Parent A05 - Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 005.1 - Botulism food poisoning
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of A05.1:
A05.0 - Foodborne staphylococcal intoxication
A05.2 - Foodborne Clostridium perfringens [Clostridium welchii] intoxication
A05.3 - Foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus intoxication
A05.4 - Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication
A05.5 - Foodborne Vibrio vulnificus intoxication
A05.8 - Other specified bacterial foodborne intoxications
A05.9 - Bacterial foodborne intoxication, unspecified