2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K35.891

Other acute appendicitis without perforation, with gangrene

2019 - New Code

Billable/Specific Code

K35.891 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
ICD-10-CM K35.891 is a new 2019 ICD-10-CM code that became effective on October 1, 2018.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K35.891 - other international versions of ICD-10 K35.891 may differ.

Applicable To

The following code(s) above K35.891 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

that may be applicable to K35.891:

ICD-10-CM K35.891 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v36.0):

Code History

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K35.891:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K35.891

K35.21 …… with abscess

K35.3 Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis

K35.30 …… without perforation or gangrene

K35.31 …… and gangrene, without perforation

K35.32 Acute appendicitis with perforation and localized peritonitis, without abscess

K35.33 Acute appendicitis with perforation and localized peritonitis, with abscess

K35.8 Other and unspecified acute appendicitis

K35.80 Unspecified acute appendicitis

K35.89 Other acute appendicitis

K35.890 …… without perforation or gangrene

K35.891 …… without perforation, with gangrene

K36 Other appendicitis

K37 Unspecified appendicitis

K38 Other diseases of appendix

K38.0 Hyperplasia of appendix

K38.1 Appendicular concretions

K38.2 Diverticulum of appendix

K38.3 Fistula of appendix

K38.8 Other specified diseases of appendix

K38.9 Disease of appendix, unspecified

K40 Inguinal hernia

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