Gastrointestinal infection (gastroenteritis, colitis), bug NOS: Difference between revisions

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*This code should have a [[Pathogens|pathogen]] entry too, but because there are already more specific codes for GI infections that are bacterial, viral or protozoal (see list above), with this more general wastebasket code for GI infections, the pathogen should ONLY be either [[Other type of infectious organism, NOS]] or [[Infectious organism, unknown]].
*This code should have a [[Pathogens|pathogen]] entry too, but because there are already more specific codes for GI infections that are bacterial, viral or protozoal (see list above), with this more general wastebasket code for GI infections, the pathogen should ONLY be either [[Other type of infectious organism, NOS]] or [[Infectious organism, unknown]].
{{DA | q - still a question
This code implicitly includes '''the word''' colitis, [[Gastrointestinal infection (gastroenteritis), protozoal, NOS]] and [[Gastrointestinal infection (gastroenteritis), viral]] do not. Is that as intended?
*<!--AG REPLY --> No.  as now stated above, it is for GI infection NOT covered in one of the other GI infection codes, such as protozoal or viral.
*AG --- the wording differences are NOT meant to imply that some of these codes exclude the colon.  I've modified the "gastroenteritis" wiki articles to make clear that infection of any/all parts of the GI tract are included in these wastebasket codes.
** but should they be renamed for consistency?}}


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==