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A04.71

Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile, recurrent

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 7 never code together
A04code
Excludes1
  • bacterial foodborne intoxications, NEC (A05.-)A05.-
  • tuberculous enteritis (A18.32)A18.32
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
  • certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
  • carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
  • infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
  • influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 5
A04.7code
Inclusion terms
  • Clostridioides difficile colitis
  • Foodborne intoxication by Clostridium difficile
  • Pseudomembraneous colitis
A00-B99chapter
Includes
  • diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Use additional code
  • code to identify resistance to antimicrobial drugs (Z16.-)Z16.-
Index entries leading here 6
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
    • Clostridioides
      • difficile
        • necrotizing enterocolitis
        • foodborne (disease)
    • Clostridium NEC
      • difficile
        • foodborne (disease)
        • necrotizing enterocolitis
  • Enteritis (acute) (diarrheal) (hemorrhagic) (noninfective) K52.9
    • Clostridioides difficile
    • toxic NEC K52.1
      • due to
        • Clostridioides difficile
        • Clostridium difficile
    • infectious NOS A09
      • due to
        • Clostridioides difficile
        • Clostridium difficile
    • Clostridium
  • Enterocolitis K52.9
    • necrotizing K55.30
      • due to
        • Clostridioides difficile
        • Clostridium difficile
    • due to
      • Clostridioides difficile
      • Clostridium difficile
    • pseudomembranous (newborn)
  • Megacolon (acquired) (functional) (not Hirschsprung's disease) (in) K59.39
    • toxic NEC K59.31
      • due to
        • Clostridioides difficile
        • Clostridium difficile
  • Colitis (acute) (catarrhal) (chronic) (noninfective) (hemorrhagic) K52.9
    • toxic NEC K52.1
      • due to
        • Clostridioides difficile
        • Clostridium difficile
    • Clostridioides difficile
    • Clostridium difficile
    • pseudomembranous
  • Diarrhea, diarrheal (disease) (infantile) (inflammatory) R19.7
    • due to
      • Clostridium difficile
Alongside this code 1 same parent — A04.7
A04.72 Enterocolitis d/t Clostridium difficile, not spcf as recur
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
A04.7
Block
A00-A09
Siblings
1

Present FY2024–FY2027.