Publications, Guidelines and Codes

Eosinophil-associated Diseases

 

Food Allergy

 

Webinars and Slide Sets

 

Dietary Therapy

Feeding Tubes

ICD-10-CM Codes for EGIDs

In 2008, APFED wrote and initiated the implementation of ICD-9 codes for EGIDs. On October 1, 2015, these codes were updated with the implementation of the new ICD-10 coding system:

EGIDs
K20.0 Eosinophilic Esophagitis
K52.81 Eosinophilic Gastritis and Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis
K52.82 Eosinophilic Colitis

Other Subsets

  • Eosinophilic Asthma: J82
    Eosinophilic Cellulitis: L98.3
    Eosinophilic Cystitis:  N30.80
    Eosinophilic Fasciitis: M35.4
    Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, aka Churg-Strauss Syndrome: M30.1

        • EGPA Guidelines. A document endorsed by the American College of Rheumatology and the Vasculitis Foundation provides guidance to health care professionals on how to treat antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis (AAV), including granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). View and download a copy.  A consensus document is expected to be published in a medical journal in 2022.
        • Eosinophilic Myalgia Syndrome: M35.8
          Eosinophilic Pneumonia: J82
          Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: D72.1
          Eosinophilic Myositis: 729.1

Transition Plans

Transition of care of patients with eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases: Challenges and opportunities