Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95)

Official coding guidelines

From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.

There are no chapter-specific rules for Chapter 11 yet, so the general rules in Section I.B apply.

Read Section I.C.11 (page 58)

All codes under K90-K95

K90-K95 can't be used on a claim. Pick a billable code below; grey headings group them.

• K90Intestinal malabsorption
• K90.0Celiac disease
• K90.1Tropical sprue
• K90.2Blind loop syndrome, not elsewhere classified
• K90.3Pancreatic steatorrhea
• K90.4Other malabsorption due to intolerance
• K90.41Non-celiac gluten sensitivity
• K90.49Malabsorption due to intolerance, not elsewhere classified
• K90.8Other intestinal malabsorption
• K90.81Whipple's disease
• K90.82Short bowel syndrome
• K90.821Short bowel syndrome with colon in continuity
• K90.822Short bowel syndrome without colon in continuity
• K90.829Short bowel syndrome, unspecified
• K90.83Intestinal failure
• K90.89Other intestinal malabsorption
• K90.9Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified
• K91Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified
• K91.0Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery
• K91.1Postgastric surgery syndromes
• K91.2Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified
• K91.3Postprocedural intestinal obstruction
• K91.30Postprocedural intestinal obstruction, unspecified as to partial versus complete
• K91.31Postprocedural partial intestinal obstruction
• K91.32Postprocedural complete intestinal obstruction
• K91.5Postcholecystectomy syndrome
• K91.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure
• K91.61Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a digestive system procedure
• K91.62Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating other procedure
• K91.7Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedure
• K91.71Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a digestive system procedure
• K91.72Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during other procedure
• K91.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
• K91.81Other intraoperative complications of digestive system
• K91.82Postprocedural hepatic failure
• K91.83Postprocedural hepatorenal syndrome
• K91.84Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure
• K91.840Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
• K91.841Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
• K91.85Complications of intestinal pouch
• K91.850Pouchitis
• K91.858Other complications of intestinal pouch
• K91.86Retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy
• K91.87Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure
• K91.870Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
• K91.871Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
• K91.872Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
• K91.873Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
• K91.89Other postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
• K92Other diseases of digestive system
• K92.0Hematemesis
• K92.1Melena
• K92.2Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, unspecified
• K92.8Other specified diseases of the digestive system
• K92.81Gastrointestinal mucositis (ulcerative)
• K92.89Other specified diseases of the digestive system
• K92.9Disease of digestive system, unspecified
• K94Complications of artificial openings of the digestive system
• K94.0Colostomy complications
• K94.00Colostomy complication, unspecified
• K94.01Colostomy hemorrhage
• K94.02Colostomy infection
• K94.03Colostomy malfunction
• K94.09Other complications of colostomy
• K94.1Enterostomy complications
• K94.10Enterostomy complication, unspecified
• K94.11Enterostomy hemorrhage
• K94.12Enterostomy infection
• K94.13Enterostomy malfunction
• K94.19Other complications of enterostomy
• K94.2Gastrostomy complications
• K94.20Gastrostomy complication, unspecified
• K94.21Gastrostomy hemorrhage
• K94.22Gastrostomy infection
• K94.23Gastrostomy malfunction
• K94.29Other complications of gastrostomy
• K94.3Esophagostomy complications
• K94.30Esophagostomy complications, unspecified
• K94.31Esophagostomy hemorrhage
• K94.32Esophagostomy infection
• K94.33Esophagostomy malfunction
• K94.39Other complications of esophagostomy
• K95Complications of bariatric procedures
• K95.0Complications of gastric band procedure
• K95.01Infection due to gastric band procedure
• K95.09Other complications of gastric band procedure
• K95.8Complications of other bariatric procedure
• K95.81Infection due to other bariatric procedure
• K95.89Other complications of other bariatric procedure

K90-K95 MS-DRGs

This code does not group to an MS-DRG as a principal diagnosis.

About the condition

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