A05.1
ICD-10BillableBotulism food poisoning
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Botulism food poisoning
A05.1 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.
Inclusion terms
- Botulism NOS
- Classical foodborne intoxication due to Clostridium botulinum
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- infant botulism (A48.51)
- wound botulism (A48.52)
Related codes in A05
- A05.0Foodborne staphylococcal intoxication
- 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
- Parent code
- A05
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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.