ICD-10-CM Code K90
Intestinal malabsorption
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 K90 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of K90 that describes the diagnosis 'intestinal malabsorption' in more detail.
- K90 Intestinal malabsorption NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE K90.0 Celiac disease
- BILLABLE K90.1 Tropical sprue
- BILLABLE K90.2 Blind loop syndrome, not elsewhere classified
- BILLABLE K90.3 Pancreatic steatorrhea
- BILLABLE K90.4 Malabsorption due to intolerance, not elsewhere classified
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- K90.81 Whipple's disease BILLABLE
- K90.89 Other intestinal malabsorption BILLABLE
- BILLABLE K90.9 Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified
The ICD code K90 is used to code Gastrointestinal disease
Gastrointestinal diseases refer to diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract, namely the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum, and the accessory organs of digestion, the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
| MeSH Code: | D004066 |
Organs of the gastrointestinal tract
Coding Notes for K90 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Intestinal malabsorption following gastrointestinal surgery - instead, use code K91.2
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'K90 - Intestinal malabsorption'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code K90. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.