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ICD-10-CM Codes
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K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
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K50-K52
Noninfective enteritis and colitis
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Ulcerative colitis
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2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K51.40
Inflammatory polyps of colon without complications
2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code
- K51.40 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM K51.40 became effective on October 1, 2018.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K51.40 - other international versions of ICD-10 K51.40 may differ.
Applicable To- Inflammatory polyps of colon NOS
The following code(s) above
K51.40 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
K51.40:
- K00-K95
2019 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive systemType 2 Excludes- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- K50-K52
2019 ICD-10-CM Range K50-K52
Noninfective enteritis and colitisIncludes- noninfective inflammatory bowel disease
- K51
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K51
Ulcerative colitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- Crohn's disease [regional enteritis] (K50.-)
Use Additional- code to identify manifestations, such as:
- pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)
- K51.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K51.4
Inflammatory polyps of colon
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- adenomatous polyp of colon (D12.6)
- polyposis of colon (D12.6)
- polyps of colon NOS (K63.5)
- A non-neoplastic polypoid lesion in the colon. It may arise in a background of inflammatory bowel disease or colitis. It is characterized by the presence of a distorted epithelium, inflammation, and fibrosis.
ICD-10-CM K51.40 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v36.0):
- 385 Inflammatory bowel disease with mcc
- 386 Inflammatory bowel disease with cc
- 387 Inflammatory bowel disease without cc/mcc
Convert K51.40 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K51.40
K51.3 Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis
K51.30 …… without complications
K51.31 Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis with complications
K51.311 Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis with rectal bleeding
K51.312 Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis with intestinal obstruction
K51.313 Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis with fistula
K51.314 Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis with abscess
K51.318 Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis with other complication
K51.319 Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis with unspecified complications
K51.4 Inflammatory polyps of colon
K51.40
…… without complications
K51.41 Inflammatory polyps of colon with complications
K51.411 Inflammatory polyps of colon with rectal bleeding
K51.412 Inflammatory polyps of colon with intestinal obstruction
K51.413 Inflammatory polyps of colon with fistula
K51.414 Inflammatory polyps of colon with abscess
K51.418 Inflammatory polyps of colon with other complication
K51.419 Inflammatory polyps of colon with unspecified complications
K51.50 …… without complications
K51.51 Left sided colitis with complications
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
