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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K62.6
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K62.6
Ulcer of anus and rectum
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- K62.6 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 K62.6 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K62.6 - other international versions of ICD-10 K62.6 may differ.
Applicable To- Solitary ulcer of anus and rectum
- Stercoral ulcer of anus and rectum
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 K62.6. 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
K62.6 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
K62.6:
- Anal ulcer
- Stercoral ulcer of anus
- Stercoral ulcer of rectum
- Ulcer of anus
- Ulcer of rectum
ICD-10-CM K62.6 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
Convert K62.6 to ICD-9-CM
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 K62.6:
- Stercoraceous, stercoral ulcer K63.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K63.3
Ulcer of intestine
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Primary ulcer of small intestine
Type 1 Excludes- duodenal ulcer (K26.-)
- gastrointestinal ulcer (K28.-)
- gastrojejunal ulcer (K28.-)
- jejunal ulcer (K28.-)
- peptic ulcer, site unspecified (K27.-)
- ulcer of intestine with perforation (K63.1)
- ulcer of anus or rectum (K62.6)
- ulcerative colitis (K51.-)
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- intestine, intestinal K63.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K63.3
Ulcer of intestine
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Primary ulcer of small intestine
Type 1 Excludes- duodenal ulcer (K26.-)
- gastrointestinal ulcer (K28.-)
- gastrojejunal ulcer (K28.-)
- jejunal ulcer (K28.-)
- peptic ulcer, site unspecified (K27.-)
- ulcer of intestine with perforation (K63.1)
- ulcer of anus or rectum (K62.6)
- ulcerative colitis (K51.-)
- rectum (sphincter) (solitary) K62.6
- stercoraceous, stercoral K62.6
- stercoraceous, stercoral K63.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K63.3
Ulcer of intestine
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Primary ulcer of small intestine
Type 1 Excludes- duodenal ulcer (K26.-)
- gastrointestinal ulcer (K28.-)
- gastrojejunal ulcer (K28.-)
- jejunal ulcer (K28.-)
- peptic ulcer, site unspecified (K27.-)
- ulcer of intestine with perforation (K63.1)
- ulcer of anus or rectum (K62.6)
- ulcerative colitis (K51.-)
- anorectal K62.6
- anus K62.6 (sphincter) (solitary)
- solitary, anus or rectum K62.6 (sphincter)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K62.6
K61.39 Other ischiorectal abscess
K61.4 Intrasphincteric abscess
K61.5 Supralevator abscess
K62 Other diseases of anus and rectum
K62.4 Stenosis of anus and rectum
K62.5 Hemorrhage of anus and rectum
K62.6
Ulcer of anus and rectum
K62.7 Radiation proctitis
K62.8 Other specified diseases of anus and rectum
K62.81 Anal sphincter tear (healed) (nontraumatic) (old)
K62.89 Other specified diseases of anus and rectum
K62.9 Disease of anus and rectum, unspecified
K63 Other diseases of intestine
K63.0 Abscess of intestine
K63.1 Perforation of intestine (nontraumatic)
K63.2 Fistula of intestine
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
