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A48.52

Wound botulism

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 7 never code together
A48.5code
Excludes1
  • food poisoning due to toxins of Clostridium botulinum (A05.1)A05.1
A48code
Excludes1
  • actinomycetoma (B47.1)B47.1
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
A48.52code
Inclusion terms
  • Non-foodborne botulism NOS
Use additional code
  • code for associated wound
A48.5code
Inclusion terms
  • Non-foodborne intoxication due to toxins of Clostridium botulinum [C. botulinum]
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 2
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
    • Clostridium NEC
  • Botulism (foodborne intoxication) A05.1
Alongside this code 1 same parent — A48.5
A48.51 Infant botulism
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
A48.5
Block
A30-A49
Siblings
1

Present FY2024–FY2027.