Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 009.2
Infectious diarrhea
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 009.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 009.2 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: 009.2 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM A09 Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Infectious diarrheal disease
  • Travelers diarrhea
  • Traveler's diarrhea
Applies To
  • Diarrhea:
    • dysenteric
    • epidemic
  • Infectious diarrheal disease NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 009.2:
  • Diarrhea, diarrheal (acute) (autumn) (bilious) (bloody) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (gravis) (green) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (presumed noninfectious) (putrefactive) (secondary) (sporadic) (summer) (symptomatic) (thermic) 787.91
    • dysenteric 009.2
      • due to specified organism NEC 008.8
    • epidemic 009.2
      • due to specified organism NEC 008.8
    • infectious 009.2
    • parenteral NEC 009.2
    • septic 009.2
      • due to specified organism NEC 008.8
    • travelers' 009.2
      • due to specified organism NEC 008.8
    • zymotic NEC 009.2
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • diarrheal, infectious 009.2
  • Lientery (see also Diarrhea) 787.91
    • infectious 009.2
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