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008.45 - Intestinal Infection Due To Clostridium Difficile


The ICD 9 Code for Intestinal infection due to Clostridium difficile is listed as 008.45.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 008.45
Long Description: Intestinal infection due to Clostridium difficile
Short Description: Int inf clstrdium dfcile
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Intestinal Infectious Diseases (001-009)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A04.7 - Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 008.45:
008.41 - Intestinal infection due to staphylococcus
008.42 - Intestinal infection due to pseudomonas
008.43 - Intestinal infection due to campylobacter
008.44 - Intestinal infection due to yersinia enterocolitica
008.46 - Intestinal infection due to other anaerobes
008.47 - Intestinal infection due to other gram-negative bacteria
008.49 - Intestinal infection due to other organisms