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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The code A04.8 is a "Not elsewhere classified" (NEC) code, used when a specific condition is documented but does not have a more specific code available in the classification system.

The ICD-10-CM Code A04