K65.8BillableMCCHCC 78

Other peritonitis

Diseases of the Digestive System·Peritonitis·subcategory·FY 2027

Peritoneal Disorders: Your peritoneum is the tissue that lines your abdominal wall and covers most of the organs in your abdomen. A liquid, peritoneal fluid, lubricates the surface of this tissue.

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Also indexed as: Capsulitis, hepatic; Cecitis, with perforation, peritonitis, or rupture; Perihepatitis; Peritonitis, chronic proliferative; Peritonitis, due to, urine; Peritonitis, eosinophilic; Peritonitis, proliferative, chronic; Peritonitis, specified NEC; Peritonitis, urine; Saponification; Serositis; Serositis, peritoneal

Instructional notes

Includes: conditions that are coded here

  • Chronic proliferative peritonitis
  • Peritonitis due to urine

Also applies, from K65: Peritonitis

These notes sit on K65 and apply to every code under it, including K65.8.

Excludes1: not coded here, use a different code

  • acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis (K35.2-)
  • aseptic peritonitis (T81.6)
  • benign paroxysmal peritonitis (E85.0)
  • chemical peritonitis (T81.6)
  • gonococcal peritonitis (A54.85)
  • neonatal peritonitis (P78.0-P78.1)
  • pelvic peritonitis, female (N73.3-N73.5)
  • periodic familial peritonitis (E85.0)
  • peritonitis due to talc or other foreign substance (T81.6)
  • peritonitis in chlamydia (A74.81)
  • peritonitis in diphtheria (A36.89)
  • peritonitis in syphilis (late) (A52.74)
  • peritonitis in tuberculosis (A18.31)
  • peritonitis with or following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0)
  • peritonitis with or following appendicitis (K35.-)
  • puerperal peritonitis (O85)
  • retroperitoneal infections (K68.-)

Code also: add a code for this too, order depends on the encounter

  • if applicable diverticular disease of intestine (K57.-)

Use additional code: add a second code for this, listed after this one

  • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent, if known

ICD-9-CM equivalent

Legacy crosswalk from the CMS General Equivalence Mappings (last updated 2018).

  • 567.89 Other specified peritonitis (approximate)
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