Volume 10, Number 9—September 2004
Perspective
Deaths due to Unknown Foodborne Agents
Paul D. Frenzen*
Table 1
International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes for gastroenteritis of unknown etiology
| ICD revision and code | Title |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | |
| Valid for cause-of-death coding | |
| 009.0 | Infectious colitis, enteritis, and gastroenteritis |
| 009.2 | Infectious diarrhea |
| 558a | Other noninfectious gastroenteritis and colitis |
| Invalid for cause-of-death coding | |
| 009.1b | Colitis, enteritis, and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
| 009.3b | Diarrhea of presumed infectious origin |
| ICD-9-CM | |
| 009.0 | Infectious colitis, enteritis, and gastroenteritis |
| 009.1 | Colitis, enteritis, and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin |
| 009.2 | Infectious diarrhea |
| 009.3 | Diarrhea of presumed infectious origin |
| 558.9c | Other and unspecified noninfectious gastroenteritis and colitis |
| 787.91d | Other symptoms involving digestive system: diarrhea |
| ICD-10 | |
| A09 | Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of infectious origine |
| K52.9 | Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified |
| P78.3 | Noninfective neonatal diarrhea |
aIncludes radiation, toxic, and allergic gastroenteritis.
bCoded as 558 on the 1979–1998 Multiple Cause of Death files.
cIncluded allergic gastroenteritis before 2000.
dCode introduced in 1995.
eIncludes conditions that are presumed to be infectious.
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