ICD-10-CM Code K57.9
Diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code K57.9 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of K57.9 that describes the diagnosis 'diverticular disease of intest, part unsp, w/o perf or abscs' in more detail.
- K57.9 Diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE K57.90 Diverticulosis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleeding
- BILLABLE K57.91 Diverticulosis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleeding
- BILLABLE K57.92 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleeding
- BILLABLE K57.93 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleeding
The ICD code K57 is used to code Diverticulitis
Diverticulitis is a common digestive disease which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) within the bowel wall. This process is known as diverticulosis, and typically occurs within the large intestine, or colon, although it can occasionally occur in the small intestine as well. Diverticulitis results when one of these diverticula becomes inflamed.
| Specialty: | General Surgery |
| MeSH Code: | D004238 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 562 |
Large bowel (sigmoid colon) showing multiple diverticula. The diverticula appear on either side of the longitudinal muscle bundle (taenium).
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'K57.9 - Diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess'
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Parent Code: K57 - Diverticular disease of intestine