ICD-10 code for Pig-bel

The ICD-10-CM code for Pig-bel is A05.2 (Foodborne Clostridium perfringens [Clostridium welchii] intoxication).

Within A05 (other bacterial foodborne intoxications, not elsewhere classified), A05.2 is specifically for foodborne Clostridium perfringens [Clostridium welchii] intoxication. Related codes cover foodborne staphylococcal intoxication (A05.0), botulism food poisoning (A05.1), foodborne Vibrio parahaemolyticus intoxication (A05.3), foodborne Bacillus cereus intoxication (A05.4), foodborne Vibrio vulnificus intoxication (A05.5), other specified bacterial foodborne intoxications (A05.8) and bacterial foodborne intoxication, unspecified (A05.9).

As a secondary diagnosis it is a CC (complication or comorbidity), which can move an inpatient stay into the "with CC" MS-DRG of its family, unless the principal diagnosis excludes it.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 371 (Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with MCC, relative weight 1.7089), DRG 372 (Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with CC, relative weight 0.9964) and DRG 373 (Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections without CC/MCC, relative weight 0.6941), in MDC 06 (Diseases and Disorders of the Digestive System), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.