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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K59.0
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K59.0
Constipation
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- K59.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K59.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K59.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 K59.0 may differ.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as K59.0. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
K59.0 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
K59.0:
- A condition in which stool becomes hard, dry, and difficult to pass, and bowel movements don't happen very often. Other symptoms may include painful bowel movements, and feeling bloated, uncomfortable, and sluggish.
- A disorder characterized by irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels.
- Condition in which bowel movements are infrequent or incomplete.
- Constipation means that a person has three or fewer bowel movements in a week. The stool can be hard and dry. Sometimes it is painful to pass. At one time or another, almost everyone gets constipated. In most cases, it lasts a short time and is not serious. There are many things you can do to prevent constipation. They include
- eating more fruits, vegetables and grains, which are high in fiber
- drinking plenty of water and other liquids
- getting enough exercise
- taking time to have a bowel movement when you need to
- using laxatives only if your doctor says you should
- asking your doctor if medicines you take may cause constipation
it's not important that you have a bowel movement every day. If your bowel habits change, however, check with your doctor.
- Constipation; irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels.
- Decrease in normal frequency of defecation accompanied by difficult or incomplete passage of stool and/or passage of excessively hard, dry stool
- Difficult passage of hard, dry, feces
- Infrequent or difficult evacuation of feces. These symptoms are associated with a variety of causes, including low dietary fiber intake, emotional or nervous disturbances, systemic and structural disorders, drug-induced aggravation, and infections.
- Irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels.
- Other forms of abnormal feces or difficult passage of feces.
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
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to K59.0:
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Type 1 Excludes: K56.41, R15.0, R19.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K56.41
Fecal impaction
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R15.0
Incomplete defecation
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R19.4
Change in bowel habit
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K59.0
K57.91 Diverticulosis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleeding
K57.92 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleeding
K57.93 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleeding
K58 Irritable bowel syndrome
K58.0 Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea
K58.1 Irritable bowel syndrome with constipation
K58.2 Mixed irritable bowel syndrome
K58.8 Other irritable bowel syndrome
K58.9 Irritable bowel syndrome without diarrhea
K59 Other functional intestinal disorders
K59.0
Constipation
K59.01 Slow transit constipation
K59.02 Outlet dysfunction constipation
K59.03 Drug induced constipation
K59.04 Chronic idiopathic constipation
K59.1 Functional diarrhea
K59.2 Neurogenic bowel, not elsewhere classified
K59.3 Megacolon, not elsewhere classified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
