A04.7 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile

Non-billable header with 2 child codes.

Applicable to

• Clostridioides difficile colitis
• Foodborne intoxication by Clostridium difficile
• Pseudomembraneous colitis

Applies from A04 Other bacterial intestinal infections

Excludes1 (never code together)

• bacterial foodborne intoxications, NEC (A05.-)
• tuberculous enteritis (A18.32)

Codes under A04.7

• A04.71 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent
• A04.72 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, not specified as recurrent

Code annotations containing back-references to A04.7

Back-references to A04.7

• Type 1 Excludes: A05 Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified ("Clostridium difficile foodborne intoxication and infection (A04.7-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: K55.3 Necrotizing enterocolitis ("necrotizing enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (A04.7-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: K59.3 Megacolon, not elsewhere classified ("megacolon (due to) (in) Clostridium difficile (A04.7-)")

Back-references to A04

• Code First: M49 Spondylopathies in diseases classified elsewhere ("enterobacterial infections (A01-A04)")
• Type 2 Excludes: P37 Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases ("infectious neonatal diarrhea (A00-A09)")

Nearby codes

• 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
• A04.7 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (this code)
• A04.71 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent
• A04.72 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, not specified as recurrent
• A04.8 Other specified bacterial intestinal infections
• A04.9 Bacterial intestinal infection, unspecified