ICD-10-CM Codes
K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system
K50-K52 Noninfective enteritis and colitis
K52- Other and unspecified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K52.838

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K52.838

Other microscopic colitis

2017 - New Code

2018

2019

2020

Billable/Specific Code

K52.838 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM K52.838 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K52.838 - other international versions of ICD-10 K52.838 may differ.

The following code(s) above K52.838 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 K52.838:

K00-K95
2020 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
Type 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)
Diseases of the digestive system
K50-K52
2020 ICD-10-CM Range K50-K52
Noninfective enteritis and colitis
Includes
- noninfective inflammatory bowel disease
Type 1 Excludes
- irritable bowel syndrome (K58.-)
- megacolon (K59.3-)
Noninfective enteritis and colitis

ICD-10-CM K52.838 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

391 Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders with mcc
392 Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc

Convert K52.838 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2017 (effective 10/1/2016): New code
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K52.838:

Colitis (acute) (catarrhal) (chronic) (noninfective) (hemorrhagic) K52.9
- see also Enteritis
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K52.9
Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
Applicable To
Colitis NOS
Enteritis NOS
Gastroenteritis NOS
Ileitis NOS
Jejunitis NOS
Sigmoiditis NOS
Type 1 Excludes
diarrhea NOS (R19.7)
functional diarrhea (K59.1)
infectious gastroenteritis and colitis NOS (A09)
neonatal diarrhea (noninfective) (P78.3)
psychogenic diarrhea (F45.8)
- microscopic K52.839
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K52.839
  Microscopic colitis, unspecified
  2017 - New Code 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  - specified NEC K52.838

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K52.838

K52.21 Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome

K52.22 Food protein-induced enteropathy

K52.29 Other allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis

K52.3 Indeterminate colitis

K52.8 Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis

K52.81 Eosinophilic gastritis or gastroenteritis

K52.82 Eosinophilic colitis

K52.83 Microscopic colitis

K52.831 Collagenous colitis

K52.832 Lymphocytic colitis

K52.838 Other microscopic colitis

K52.839 …… unspecified

K52.89 Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis

K52.9 Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified

K55 Vascular disorders of intestine

K55.0 Acute vascular disorders of intestine

K55.01 Acute (reversible) ischemia of small intestine

K55.011 Focal (segmental) acute (reversible) ischemia of small intestine

K55.012 Diffuse acute (reversible) ischemia of small intestine

K55.019 …… extent unspecified

K55.02 Acute infarction of small intestine

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K52.838

Other microscopic colitis

Diseases of the digestive system

Noninfective enteritis and colitis

Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified

Microscopic colitis, unspecified