ICD-10-CM Code A08.0

Rotaviral enteritis

  1. ICD-10-CM Index
  2. Chapter: A00–B99
  3. Section: A00-A09
  4. Block: A08
  5. A08.0 - Rotaviral enteritis
Version 2021 Billable Code

Valid for Submission

A08.0 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of rotaviral enteritis. The code is valid for the fiscal year 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code A08.0 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like disease due to rotavirus or enteritis due to rotavirus or rotavirus food poisoning or viral food poisoning or viral gastroenteritis due to rotavirus.

ICD-10:A08.0
Short Description:Rotaviral enteritis
Long Description:Rotaviral enteritis

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:


Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Disease due to Rotavirus
  • Enteritis due to rotavirus
  • Rotavirus food poisoning
  • Viral food poisoning
  • Viral gastroenteritis due to Rotavirus

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code A08.0 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 What are 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). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.

  • 391 - ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITH MCC
  • 392 - ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC

Convert A08.0 to ICD-9

  • 008.61 - Intes infec rotavirus

Code Classification

  • Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
    • Intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A09)
      • Viral and other specified intestinal infections (A08)

Code History

  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
    (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021

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 Family Physicians)
  • 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 antigen test (Medical Encyclopedia)
  • Rotavirus Vaccine: What You Need to Know (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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