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  1. ICD-10-CM Codes
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  2. K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system
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  3. K50-K52 Noninfective enteritis and colitis
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  4. K52- Other and unspecified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis
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  5. 2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K52.838

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K52.838

Other microscopic colitis

    2017 - New Code 2018 2019 2020 2021 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 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM K52.838 became effective on October 1, 2020.
  • 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
    2021 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
    2021 ICD-10-CM Range K50-K52

    Noninfective enteritis and colitis

    Includes
    • noninfective inflammatory bowel disease
    Type 1 Excludes
    Noninfective enteritis and colitis
ICD-10-CM K52.838 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
  • 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
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): 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

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
    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 2021 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.

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