The ICD-10-CM code A04.8 "Other specified bacterial intestinal infections" would be appropriate to assign when the cause of a patient's enteritis is not specifically described in a more specific ICD-10-CM code. This is an example of a:

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A "Not elsewhere classified" code is used when a specific condition is not listed in the ICD-10-CM but falls under a more generalized category, as is the case with A04.8 for bacterial intestinal infections not specified elsewhere.

The ICD-10-CM Code A04