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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 008.3
Intestinal infection due to proteus (mirabilis) (morganii)
  • Short description: Proteus enteritis.
  • ICD-9-CM 008.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 008.3 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).
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  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 008.3: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 008.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A04.8 Other specified bacterial intestinal infections
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 008.3:
  • Diarrhea, diarrheal (acute) (autumn) (bilious) (bloody) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (gravis) (green) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (presumed noninfectious) (putrefactive) (secondary) (sporadic) (summer) (symptomatic) (thermic) 787.91
    • due to
      • achylia gastrica 536.8
      • Aerobacter aerogenes 008.2
      • Bacillus coli - see Enteritis, E. coli
      • bacteria NEC 008.5
      • bile salts 579.8
      • Capillaria
      • Clostridium perfringens (C) (F) 008.46
      • Enterobacter aerogenes 008.2
      • enterococci 008.49
      • Escherichia coli - see Enteritis, E. coli
      • Giardia lamblia 007.1
      • Heterophyes heterophyes 121.6
      • irritating foods 787.91
      • Metagonimus yokogawai 121.5
      • Necator americanus 126.1
      • Paracolobactrum arizonae 008.1
      • Paracolon bacillus NEC 008.47
      • Proteus (bacillus) (mirabilis) (Morganii) 008.3
      • Pseudomonas aeruginosa 008.42
      • S. japonicum 120.2
      • specified organism NEC 008.8
      • Staphylococcus 008.41
      • Streptococcus 008.49
      • Strongyloides stercoralis 127.2
      • Trichuris trichiuria 127.3
      • virus NEC (see also Enteritis, viral) 008.69
  • Enteritis (acute) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (congestive) (diarrheal) (exudative) (follicular) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (perforative) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) (pseudomembranous) 558.9
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • Proteus (mirabilis) (morganii) (vulgaris) NEC 041.6
      • enteritis 008.3
 008.2 ICD9Data.com 008.4 
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