Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 008.46
Intestinal infection due to other anaerobes
  • Short description: Intes infec oth anerobes.
  • ICD-9-CM 008.46 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 008.46 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 008.46.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 008.46: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 008.46 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A04.8 Other specified bacterial intestinal infections
Applies To
  • Anaerobic enteritis NOS
  • Bacteroides (fragilis)
  • Gram-negative anaerobes
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 008.46:
  • 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
        • anaerobic 008.46
      • Strongyloides stercoralis 127.2
      • Trichuris trichiuria 127.3
      • virus NEC (see also Enteritis, viral) 008.69
    • Streptococcus 008.49
      • anaerobic 008.46
  • Enteritis (acute) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (congestive) (diarrheal) (exudative) (follicular) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (perforative) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) (pseudomembranous) 558.9
    • anaerobic (cocci) (gram-negative) (gram-positive) (mixed) NEC 008.46
    • Bacteroides (fragilis) (melaninogeniscus) (oralis) 008.46
    • Butyrivibrio (fibriosolvens) 008.46
    • Clostridium
      • botulinum 005.1
      • difficile 008.45
      • haemolyticum 008.46
      • novyi 008.46
      • perfringens (C) (F) 008.46
      • specified type NEC 008.46
    • due to
      • achylia gastrica 536.8
      • adenovirus 008.62
      • Aerobacter aerogenes 008.2
      • anaerobes (see also Enteritis, anaerobic) 008.46
      • Arizona (bacillus) 008.1
      • astrovirus 008.66
      • Bacillus coli - see Enteritis, E. coli
      • bacteria NEC 008.5
      • Bacteroides (see also Enteritis, Bacteroides) 008.46
      • Butyrivibrio (fibriosolvens) 008.46
      • calicivirus 008.65
      • Camplyobacter 008.43
      • Clostridium - see Enteritis, Clostridium
      • Cockle agent 008.64
      • Coxsackie (virus) 008.67
      • Ditchling agent 008.64
      • ECHO virus 008.67
      • Enterobacter aerogenes 008.2
      • enterococci 008.49
      • enterovirus NEC 008.67
      • Escherichia coli - see Enteritis, E. coli
      • Eubacterium 008.46
      • Fusobacterium (nucleatum) 008.46
      • gram-negative bacteria NEC 008.47
        • anaerobic NEC 008.46
      • Hawaii agent 008.63
      • irritating foods 558.9
      • Klebsiella aerogenes 008.47
      • Marin County agent 008.66
      • Montgomery County agent 008.63
      • norovirus 008.63
      • Norwalk-like agent 008.63
      • Norwalk virus 008.63
      • Otofuke agent 008.63
      • Paracolobactrum arizonae 008.1
      • paracolon bacillus NEC 008.47
      • Paramatta agent 008.64
      • Peptococcus 008.46
      • Peptostreptococcus 008.46
      • Proprionibacterium 008.46
      • Proteus (bacillus) (mirabilis) (morganii) 008.3
      • Pseudomonas aeruginosa 008.42
      • Rotavirus 008.61
      • Sapporo agent 008.63
      • small round virus (SRV) NEC 008.64
      • Snow Mountain (SM) agent 008.63
      • specified
      • Staphylococcus 008.41
      • Streptococcus 008.49
        • anaerobic 008.46
      • Taunton agent 008.63
      • Torovirus 008.69
      • Treponema 008.46
      • Veillonella 008.46
      • virus 008.8
      • Wollan (W) agent 008.64
      • Yersinia enterocolitica 008.44
    • Eubacterium 008.46
    • Fusobacterium (nucleatum) 008.46
    • gram-negative bacteria NEC 008.47
      • anaerobic NEC 008.46
    • Peptococcus 008.46
    • Peptostreptococcus 008.46
    • Proprionibacterium 008.46
    • streptococcal 008.49
      • anaerobic 008.46
    • Treponema (denticola) (macrodentium) 008.46
    • Veillonella 008.46
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