Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 004.1
Shigella flexneri
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 004.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 004.1 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 004.1 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A03.1 Shigellosis due to Shigella flexneri
Approximate Synonyms
  • Infection due to Group B Shigella
  • Shigellosis due to Shigella flexneri
Applies To
  • Infection by group B Shigella
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 004.1:
  • Bacillus - see also Infection, bacillus
    • Flexner's 004.1
  • Diarrhea, diarrheal (acute) (autumn) (bilious) (bloody) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (gravis) (green) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (presumed noninfectious) (putrefactive) (secondary) (sporadic) (summer) (symptomatic) (thermic) 787.91
    • Flexner's (ulcerative) 004.1
  • Dysentery, dysenteric (bilious) (catarrhal) (diarrhea) (epidemic) (gangrenous) (hemorrhagic) (infectious) (sporadic) (tropical) (ulcerative) 009.0
    • Flexner's 004.1
    • Hiss-Russell 004.1
  • Flexner's
    • bacillus 004.1
    • diarrhea (ulcerative) 004.1
    • dysentery 004.1
  • Hiss-Russell dysentery 004.1
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
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