ICD-10-CM Code A05.1
Botulism food poisoning
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.A05.1 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of botulism food poisoning. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
The ICD code A051 is used to code Botulism
Botulism (Latin, botulus, a sausage) is a rare and potentially fatal illness caused by a toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The disease begins with weakness, trouble seeing, feeling tired, and trouble speaking. This may then be followed by weakness of the arms, chest muscles, and legs. The disease does not usually affect consciousness or cause a fever.
| Specialty: | Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology |
| MeSH Codes: | D001906, D001906, D001906 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 51, 404.1, 404.2 |
A 14-year-old with botulism. Note the weakness of his eye muscles and the drooping eyelids in the image to the left, and the large and non moving pupils in the right image. This youth was fully conscious.
Coding Notes for A05.1 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Botulism NOS
- Classical foodborne intoxication due to Clostridium botulinum
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Infant botulism - instead, use code A48.51
- Wound botulism - instead, use code A48.52
MS-DRG Mapping
- DRG Group #867-869 - Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with MCC.
- DRG Group #867-869 - Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with CC.
- DRG Group #867-869 - Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses without CC or MCC.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Foodborne botulism, type A (disorder)
- Intestinal botulism (disorder)
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'A05.1 - Botulism food poisoning'
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Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)
This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 005.1 was previously used, A05.1 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.
Parent Code: A05 - Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified