ICD-10-CM Code K85
Acute pancreatitis
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
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 K85 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of K85 that describes the diagnosis 'acute pancreatitis' in more detail.
- K85 Acute pancreatitis NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE K85.0 Idiopathic acute pancreatitis
- BILLABLE K85.1 Biliary acute pancreatitis
- BILLABLE K85.2 Alcohol induced acute pancreatitis
- BILLABLE K85.3 Drug induced acute pancreatitis
- BILLABLE K85.8 Other acute pancreatitis
- BILLABLE K85.9 Acute pancreatitis, unspecified
The ICD code K85 is used to code Pancreatic disease
Source: WikipediaCoding Notes for K85 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - Abscess of pancreas
- Acute necrosis of pancreas
- Acute (recurrent) pancreatitis
- Gangrene of (gangrenous) pancreas
- Hemorrhagic pancreatitis
- Infective necrosis of pancreas
- Subacute pancreatitis
- Suppurative pancreatitis
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'K85 - Acute pancreatitis'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code K85. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.