ICD-10 Code A08.0
Rotaviral enteritis
| ICD-10: | A08.0 |
| Short Description: | Rotaviral enteritis |
| Long Description: | Rotaviral enteritis |
Valid for Submission
ICD-10 A08.0 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of rotaviral enteritis. The code is valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
Information for Medical Professionals
Diagnostic Related Groups
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). The diagnosis code A08.0 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V36.0 applicable from 10/01/2018 through 09/30/2019.
- 391 - ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITH MCC
- 392 - ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC
Convert A08.0 to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- 008.61 - Intes infec rotavirus
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms:
- Disease due to Rotavirus
- Enteritis due to rotavirus
- Rotavirus food poisoning
- Rotavirus infection of children
- Viral food poisoning
- Viral gastroenteritis due to Rotavirus
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code A08.0 are found in the index:
- - Gastroenteritis (acute) (chronic) (noninfectious) - See Also: Enteritis; - K52.9
Information for Patients
Gastroenteritis
Also called: Stomach flu
Have you ever had the "stomach flu?" What you probably had was gastroenteritis - not a type of flu at all. Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the lining of the intestines caused by a virus, bacteria or parasites. Viral gastroenteritis is the second most common illness in the U.S. The cause is often a norovirus infection. It spreads through contaminated food or water, and contact with an infected person. The best prevention is frequent hand washing.
Symptoms of gastroenteritis include diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting, headache, fever and chills. Most people recover with no treatment.
The most common problem with gastroenteritis is dehydration. This happens if you do not drink enough fluids to replace what you lose through vomiting and diarrhea. Dehydration is most common in babies, young children, the elderly and people with weak immune systems.
NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Bacterial gastroenteritis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Bland diet (Medical Encyclopedia)
- CMV - gastroenteritis/colitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Stool Gram stain (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Viral gastroenteritis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- When you have nausea and vomiting (Medical Encyclopedia)
- When you or your child has diarrhea (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Rotavirus Infections
Rotavirus is a virus that causes gastroenteritis. Symptoms include severe diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and dehydration. Almost all children in the U.S. are likely to be infected with rotavirus before their 5th birthday.
Infections happen most often in the winter and spring. It is very easy for children with the virus to spread it to other children and sometimes to adults. Once a child gets the virus, it takes about two days to become sick. Vomiting and diarrhea may last from three to eight days.
There is no medicine to treat it. To prevent dehydration, have your child drink plenty of liquids. Your health care provider may recommend oral rehydration drinks. Some children need to go to the hospital for IV fluids. Two vaccines against rotavirus infections are available.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rotavirus and the Vaccine (Drops) to Prevent It (American Academy of Pediatrics)
- Rotavirus and the Vaccine (Drops) to Prevent It (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Rotavirus and the Vaccine (Drops) to Prevent It (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Rotavirus antigen test (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Rotavirus Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.