2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T47.6X6AUnderdosing of antidiarrheal drugs, initial encounter

AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.

• 1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme

  in glycogen or amylopectin synthesis, the enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a segment of a 1,4-alpha-glucan chain to a primary hydroxy group in a similar glucan chain. ec 2.4.1.18.

• Amylopectin

  a highly branched glucan in starch.

• Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV

  an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder due to a deficiency in expression of glycogen branching enzyme 1 (alpha-1,4-glucan-6-alpha-glucosyltransferase), resulting in an accumulation of abnormal glycogen with long outer branches. clinical features are muscle hypotonia and cirrhosis. death from liver disease usually occurs before age 2.

• Charcoal

  an amorphous form of carbon prepared from the incomplete combustion of animal or vegetable matter, e.g., wood. the activated form of charcoal is used in the treatment of poisoning. (grant & hackh's chemical dictionary, 5th ed)

• Diphenoxylate

  a meperidine congener used as an antidiarrheal, usually in combination with atropine. at high doses, it acts like morphine. its unesterified metabolite difenoxin has similar properties and is used similarly. it has little or no analgesic activity.

• Kaolin

  the most common mineral of a group of hydrated aluminum silicates, approximately h2al2si2o8-h2o. it is prepared for pharmaceutical and medicinal purposes by levigating with water to remove sand, etc. (from merck index, 11th ed) the name is derived from kao-ling (chinese: high ridge), the original site. (from grant & hackh's chemical dictionary, 5th ed)

• Partial Thromboplastin Time

  the time required for the appearance of fibrin strands following the mixing of plasma with phospholipid platelet substitute (e.g., crude cephalins, soybean phosphatides). it is a test of the intrinsic pathway (factors viii, ix, xi, and xii) and the common pathway (fibrinogen, prothrombin, factors v and x) of blood coagulation. it is used as a screening test and to monitor heparin therapy.

• Bacillus coagulans

  a microaerophilic, lactic acid producing species of bacillus that occurs in fermented foods. it also produces anti-infective agents and is used as a probiotic.

• Lacticaseibacillus casei

  a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from milk and cheese, dairy products and dairy environments, sour dough, cow dung, silage, and human mouth, human intestinal contents and stools, and the human vagina. l. casei is catalase positive.

• Lacticaseibacillus paracasei

  a species of lacticaseibacillus that occurs in the gut microbiota of healthy humans as well as fermented dairy products and fermented vegetables. it is used as a probiotic.

• Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus

  a species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria used in probiotics.

• Lactobacillus

  a genus of gram-positive, microaerophilic, rod-shaped bacteria occurring widely in nature. its species are also part of the many normal flora of the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina of many mammals, including humans. lactobacillus species are homofermentative and ferment a broad spectrum of carbohydrates often host-adapted but do not ferment pentoses. most members were previously assigned to the lactobacillus delbrueckii group. pathogenicity from this genus is rare.

• Lactobacillus acidophilus

  a species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria isolated from the intestinal tract of humans and animals, the human mouth, and vagina. this organism produces the fermented product, acidophilus milk.

• Lactobacillus crispatus

  a species of lactobacillus that occurs in the human gastrointestinal tract and the vagina of healthy women. it produces lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide, and is used as a probiotic. it is also used for the treatment and prevention of bacterial vaginosis.

• Lactobacillus delbrueckii

  a species of gram-positive, rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria. capable of producing lactic acid. it is important in the manufacture of fermented dairy products.

• Lactobacillus gasseri

  a species of lactobacillus that occurs in the human oral mucosa; gastrointestinal tract; and vagina. it produces bacteriocins, can modulate the immune response, and is used as a probiotic.

• Lactobacillus helveticus

  a species of gram-positive bacteria isolated from milk and cheese-starter cultures.

• Lactobacillus johnsonii

  a species of lactobacillus that occurs in the human gastrointestinal tract and vagina. it produces bacteriocins and hydrogen peroxide and is used as a probiotic.

• Lactobacillus leichmannii

  a species of gram-negative bacteria isolated from milk, cheese, and compressed yeast.

• Lactobacillus pentosus

  a species of lactobacillus that occurs in fermented foods where its ability to produce lactic acid; anti-infective agents; and bacteriocins make it useful as a food preservation agent. it is also used as a probiotic.

• Lactobacillus plantarum

  a species of rod-shaped, lactic acid bacteria used in probiotics and silage production.

• Latilactobacillus sakei

  a species of lactobacillus that occurs in fermented meat and fish. it produces the bacteriocin sakacin p and is used for food preservation and as a probiotic.

• Levilactobacillus brevis

  a species of gram-positive, rod-shaped lactic acid bacteria that is frequently used as starter culture in silage fermentation, sourdough, and lactic-acid-fermented types of beer and wine.

• Ligilactobacillus salivarius

  a species of lactobacillus that occurs in the human gastrointestinal tract and oral mucosa. it produces bacteriocins and is used as a probiotic.

• Limosilactobacillus fermentum

  a species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria associated with dental caries.

• Limosilactobacillus reuteri

  a species of gram-positive, rod-shaped lactic acid bacteria found naturally in the human intestinal flora and breast milk.

• Loperamide

  one of the long-acting synthetic antidiarrheals; it is not significantly absorbed from the gut, and has no effect on the adrenergic system or central nervous system, but may antagonize histamine and interfere with acetylcholine release locally.

• Saccharomyces boulardii

  a species of saccharomyces that is used as a probiotic, such as in the treatment of diarrhea and pseudomembranous enterocolitis associated with clostridium infections.

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