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ICD-10-CM Codes
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K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
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K55-K64
Other diseases of intestines
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K55-
Vascular disorders of intestine
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K55.06
Acute infarction of intestine, part unspecified
2017 - New Code 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- K55.06 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM K55.06 became effective on October 1, 2017.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K55.06 - other international versions of ICD-10 K55.06 may differ.
Applicable To- Acute intestinal infarction
- Gangrene of intestine
- Necrosis of intestine
The following code(s) above
K55.06 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
K55.06:
- K00-K95
2018 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)
- K55
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K55
Vascular disorders of intestine
2016 2017 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)
- K55.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K55.0
Acute vascular disorders of intestine
2016 2017 - Deleted Code 2017 - New Code 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Infarction of appendices epiploicae
- Mesenteric (artery) (vein) embolism
- Mesenteric (artery) (vein) infarction
- Mesenteric (artery) (vein) thrombosis
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): New code
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K55.06
K55.032 Diffuse acute (reversible) ischemia of large intestine
K55.04 Acute infarction of large intestine
K55.041 Focal (segmental) acute infarction of large intestine
K55.042 Diffuse acute infarction of large intestine
K55.05 Acute (reversible) ischemia of intestine, part unspecified
K55.051 Focal (segmental) acute (reversible) ischemia of intestine, part unspecified
K55.052 Diffuse acute (reversible) ischemia of intestine, part unspecified
K55.059 Acute (reversible) ischemia of intestine, part and extent unspecified
K55.06
Acute infarction of intestine, part unspecified
K55.061 Focal (segmental) acute infarction of intestine, part unspecified
K55.062 Diffuse acute infarction of intestine, part unspecified
K55.069 Acute infarction of intestine, part and extent unspecified
K55.1 Chronic vascular disorders of intestine
K55.2 Angiodysplasia of colon
K55.3 Necrotizing enterocolitis
K55.31 Stage 1 necrotizing enterocolitis
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
