2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A04.7

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Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile

  • A04.7 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM A04.7 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of A04.7 – other international versions of ICD-10 A04.7 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Foodborne intoxication by Clostridium difficile
  • Pseudomembraneous colitis

The following code(s) above A04.7 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to A04.7:

  • A00-B99  Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
  • A04  Other bacterial intestinal infections

Approximate Synonyms

  • C difficile diarrhea
  • Clostridium difficile colitis
  • Clostridium difficile colitis infection
  • Clostridium difficile diarrhea
  • Pseudomembranous colitis
  • Pseudomembranous enterocolitis

Code History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): Deleted code
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): New code
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to A04.7: