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A05

Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified

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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • A05.0 Foodborne staphylococcal intoxication
  • A05.1 Botulism food poisoning
  • 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

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 Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • Clostridium difficile foodborne intoxication and infection (A04.7-)
  • Escherichia coli infection (A04.0-A04.4)
  • listeriosis (A32.-)
  • salmonella foodborne intoxication and infection (A02.-)
  • toxic effect of noxious foodstuffs (T61-T62)