ICD-10-CM Codes
K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system
K65-K68 Diseases of peritoneum and retroperitoneum
K65- Peritonitis
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K65.3

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K65.3

Choleperitonitis

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2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Billable/Specific Code

K65.3 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 K65.3 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K65.3 - other international versions of ICD-10 K65.3 may differ.

Applicable To

Peritonitis due to bile

The following code(s) above K65.3 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 K65.3:

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
K65
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K65
Peritonitis
Code Also
- if applicable diverticular disease of intestine (K57.-)
Type 1 Excludes
- acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis (K35.2-)
- aseptic peritonitis (T81.6)
- benign paroxysmal peritonitis (E85.0)
- chemical peritonitis (T81.6)
- gonococcal peritonitis (A54.85)
- neonatal peritonitis (P78.0-P78.1)
- pelvic peritonitis, female (N73.3-N73.5)
- periodic familial peritonitis (E85.0)
- peritonitis due to talc or other foreign substance (T81.6)
- peritonitis in chlamydia (A74.81)
- peritonitis in diphtheria (A36.89)
- peritonitis in syphilis (late) (A52.74)
- peritonitis in tuberculosis (A18.31)
- peritonitis with or following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0)
- peritonitis with or following appendicitis (K35.-)
- puerperal peritonitis (O85)
- retroperitoneal infections (K68.-)
Use Additional
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent, if known
Peritonitis

Approximate Synonyms

Bile peritonitis
Peritonitis due to bile leak after cholecystectomy
Peritonitis, bile
Postcholecystectomy bile peritonitis

ICD-10-CM K65.3 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

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

Convert K65.3 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K65.3:

Choleperitoneum, choleperitonitis K65.3
Peritonitis (adhesive) (bacterial) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion) K65.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K65.9
Peritonitis, unspecified
Applicable To
Bacterial peritonitis NOS
- due to
  - bile K65.3
- bile, biliary K65.3

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K65.3

K64.2 Third degree hemorrhoids

K64.3 Fourth degree hemorrhoids

K64.4 Residual hemorrhoidal skin tags

K64.5 Perianal venous thrombosis

K64.8 Other hemorrhoids

K64.9 Unspecified hemorrhoids

K65 Peritonitis

K65.0 Generalized (acute) peritonitis

K65.1 Peritoneal abscess

K65.2 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

K65.3 Choleperitonitis

K65.4 Sclerosing mesenteritis

K65.8 Other peritonitis

K65.9 Peritonitis, unspecified

K66 Other disorders of peritoneum

K66.0 Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection)

K66.1 Hemoperitoneum

K66.8 Other specified disorders of peritoneum

K66.9 Disorder of peritoneum, unspecified

K67 Disorders of peritoneum in infectious diseases classified elsewhere

K68 Disorders of retroperitoneum

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

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K65.3

Choleperitonitis

Diseases of the digestive system

Peritonitis

Peritonitis, unspecified