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ICD-10-CM Code for Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified A05

ICD-10 code A05 for Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases .

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Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified
Excludes1: 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)
 
A05 Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified
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Foodborne staphylococcal intoxication
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Botulism food poisoning
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Foodborne Clostridium perfringens [Clostridium welchii] intoxication
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Foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus intoxication
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Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication
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Foodborne Vibrio vulnificus intoxication
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Other specified bacterial foodborne intoxications
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Bacterial foodborne intoxication, unspecified

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Question on food poisoning
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 489660, member: 5404"] I apologize, you are correct. I think I may have been looking at a 2019 edition when I replied. It appears it was changed to A05.9, so that is now th... [ Read More ]
Question on food poisoning
[QUOTE="ttazreen, post: 489647, member: 706935"] thank you for your reply. I am looking at ICD-10 2020 and here if I go by the alphabetic index like you said, ('poisoning -> 'food NEC') - the code it ... [ Read More ]
Question on food poisoning
thank you for your reply. I am looking at ICD-10 2020 and here if I go by the alphabetic index like you said, ('poisoning -> 'food NEC') - the code it shows is 'A05.9', not 'T62.9-'. That's why I got ... [ Read More ]
Question on food poisoning
If you're following the ICD-10 guidelines and going to the alphabetic index first, 'food poisoning' is coded as 'T62.9-' ('poisoning' -> 'food NEC'), so T62.91XA would be correct if there is no furthe... [ Read More ]
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what would be the correct code for food poisoning - A05.9? or T62.91XA? and why? There is no other specification on food poisoning. The patient went to doctor for nausea, abdominal cramping and bloody... [ Read More ]
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