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Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 004.0
Shigella dysenteriae
  • ICD-9-CM 004.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 004.0 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 004.0.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 004.0: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 004.0 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A03.0 Shigellosis due to Shigella dysenteriae
Approximate Synonyms
  • Infection due to Group A Shigella
  • Shigella group a enteritis
Applies To
  • Infection by group A Shigella (Schmitz) (Shiga)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 004.0:
  • Bacillus - see also Infection, bacillus
    • Shiga's 004.0
  • Dysentery, dysenteric (bilious) (catarrhal) (diarrhea) (epidemic) (gangrenous) (hemorrhagic) (infectious) (sporadic) (tropical) (ulcerative) 009.0
    • Schmitz (-Stutzer) 004.0
    • Shiga 004.0
    • Shigella NEC (see also Dysentery, bacillary) 004.9
      • boydii 004.2
      • dysenteriae 004.0
        • schmitz 004.0
        • shiga 004.0
      • flexneri 004.1
      • group A 004.0
      • group B 004.1
      • group C 004.2
      • group D 004.3
      • Schmitz 004.0
      • Shiga 004.0
      • Sonnei 004.3
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
  • Schmitz (-Stutzer) dysentery 004.0
  • Shiga's
    • bacillus 004.0
    • dysentery 004.0
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