A05
ICD-10Non-billable categoryOth bacterial foodborne intoxications, NEC
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified
A05 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- Clostridium difficile foodborne intoxication and infection (A04.7-)
- Escherichia coli infection (A04.0-A04.4)
- listeriosis (A32.-)
- salmonella foodborne intoxication and infection (A02.-)
- toxic effect of noxious foodstuffs (T61-T62)
More specific codes under A05
- A05.0Foodborne staphylococcal intoxication
- A05.1Botulism food poisoning
- A05.2Foodborne Clostridium perfringens intoxication
- A05.3Foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus intoxication
- A05.4Foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication
- A05.5Foodborne Vibrio vulnificus intoxication
- A05.8Other specified bacterial foodborne intoxications
- A05.9Bacterial foodborne intoxication, unspecified
Where this code sits
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.