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ICD-10
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Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
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A00-A09
A04.7
Dagger code
Asterisk code
Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile
Other bacterial intestinal infections
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Guidelines
Clostridum Difficile (Clostridioides Difficile) Diarrhoea
Description General measures Medicine treatment Referral ICD-10 code: A04.7 *Notifiable medical condition. DESCRIPTION Diarrhoea caused by altered bowel flora due to antibiotic exposure. Clostridium difficile ( Clostridioides difficile ) infection may result in severe disease and/or the development of pseudomembranous colitis. Diagnosis is confirmed in the laboratory on a stool sample. Patients w