ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A00-A09 › A codes › A03

A03

Shigellosis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • A03.0 Shigellosis due to Shigella dysenteriae
  • A03.1 Shigellosis due to Shigella flexneri
  • A03.2 Shigellosis due to Shigella boydii
  • A03.3 Shigellosis due to Shigella sonnei
  • A03.8 Other shigellosis
  • A03.9 Shigellosis, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Shigellosis