ICD-10-CM Section K35-K38
Diseases of appendix
- K35 Acute appendicitis NON-BILLABLE
- K36 Other appendicitis BILLABLE
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- K37 Unspecified appendicitis BILLABLE
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- K38 Other diseases of appendix NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE K38.0 Hyperplasia of appendix
- BILLABLE K38.1 Appendicular concretions
- BILLABLE K38.2 Diverticulum of appendix
- BILLABLE K38.3 Fistula of appendix
- BILLABLE K38.8 Other specified diseases of appendix
- BILLABLE K38.9 Disease of appendix, unspecified
Coding Notes for Section K35-K38
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Section Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period - instead, use Section P04-P96
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - instead, use Section A00-B99
- Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - instead, use Section O00-O9A
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - instead, use Section Q00-Q99
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - instead, use Section E00-E88
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - instead, use Section S00-T88
- Neoplasms - instead, use Section C00-D49
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified - instead, use Section R00-R94