ICD-10-CM Codes
K00-K95
K55-K64
K61-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K61.31

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K61.31

Horseshoe abscess

2019 - New Code

2020

2021

2022

2023

Billable/Specific Code

K61.31 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K61.31 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K61.31 - other international versions of ICD-10 K61.31 may differ.

The following code(s) above K61.31 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 K61.31:

K00-K95
2023 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
K61
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K61
Abscess of anal and rectal regions
Includes
- abscess of anal and rectal regions
- cellulitis of anal and rectal regions
Abscess of anal and rectal regions

ICD-10-CM K61.31 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

393 Other digestive system diagnoses with mcc
394 Other digestive system diagnoses with cc
395 Other digestive system diagnoses without cc/mcc
791 Prematurity with major problems
793 Full term neonate with major problems

Code History

2019 (effective 10/1/2018): New code
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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K61.31:

Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.91
Cutaneous abscess, unspecified
- horseshoe K61.31

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K61.31

K60.1 Chronic anal fissure

K60.2 Anal fissure, unspecified

K60.3 Anal fistula

K60.4 Rectal fistula

K60.5 Anorectal fistula

K61 Abscess of anal and rectal regions

K61.0 Anal abscess

K61.1 Rectal abscess

K61.2 Anorectal abscess

K61.3 Ischiorectal abscess

K61.31 Horseshoe abscess

K61.39 Other ischiorectal abscess

K61.4 Intrasphincteric abscess

K61.5 Supralevator abscess

K62 Other diseases of anus and rectum

K62.0 Anal polyp

K62.1 Rectal polyp

K62.2 Anal prolapse

K62.3 Rectal prolapse

K62.4 Stenosis of anus and rectum

K62.5 Hemorrhage of anus and rectum

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

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K61.31

Horseshoe abscess

Diseases of the digestive system

Abscess of anal and rectal regions

Cutaneous abscess, unspecified