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ICD-10-CM Codes
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K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive system
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K80-K87
Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas
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K83-
Other diseases of biliary tract
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2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K83.0
Cholangitis
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
- K83.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM K83.0 became effective on October 1, 2017.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K83.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 K83.0 may differ.
Applicable To- Ascending cholangitis
- Cholangitis NOS
- Primary cholangitis
- Recurrent cholangitis
- Sclerosing cholangitis
- Secondary cholangitis
- Stenosing cholangitis
- Suppurative cholangitis
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 K83.0. 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.
- cholangitic liver abscess (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K75.0
Abscess of liver
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Cholangitic hepatic abscess
- Hematogenic hepatic abscess
- Hepatic abscess NOS
- Lymphogenic hepatic abscess
- Pylephlebitic hepatic abscess
Type 1 Excludes- amebic liver abscess (A06.4)
- cholangitis without liver abscess (K83.0)
- pylephlebitis without liver abscess (K75.1)
Type 2 Excludes- acute or subacute hepatitis NOS (B17.9)
- acute or subacute non-viral hepatitis (K72.0)
- chronic hepatitis NEC (K73.8)
- cholangitis with choledocholithiasis (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K80.3
Calculus of bile duct with cholangitis
2016 2017 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Any condition listed in K80.5 with cholangitis
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K80.4
Calculus of bile duct with cholecystitis
2016 2017 2018 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Any condition listed in K80.5 with cholecystitis (with cholangitis)
- chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K74.3
Primary biliary cirrhosis
2016 2017 2018 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis
The following code(s) above
K83.0 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
K83.0:
- Bacterial cholangitis
- Cholangitis, bacterial
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Clinical Information
- A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the biliary tract.
- Acute infection of the bile ducts caused by bacteria ascending from the small intestine.
- An acute or chronic inflammatory process affecting the biliary tract.
- Chronic inflammatory disease of the biliary tract. It is characterized by fibrosis and hardening of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary ductal systems leading to bile duct strictures, cholestasis, and eventual biliary cirrhosis.
- Inflammation of the biliary ductal system (bile ducts); intrahepatic, extrahepatic, or both.
ICD-10-CM K83.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v35.0):
- 444 Disorders of the biliary tract with mcc
- 445 Disorders of the biliary tract with cc
- 446 Disorders of the biliary tract without cc/mcc
- 793 Full term neonate with major problems
Convert K83.0 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
Code annotations containing back-references to K83.0:
- Angiocholitis K83.0 - see also Cholecystitis, acute
- Cholangiolitis (acute) (chronic) (extrahepatic) (gangrenous) (intrahepatic) K83.0
- Cholangitis (ascending) (primary) (recurrent) (sclerosing) (secondary) (stenosing) (suppurative) K83.0
- Choledochitis K83.0 (suppurative)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K83.0
K81.9 Cholecystitis, unspecified
K82 Other diseases of gallbladder
K82.0 Obstruction of gallbladder
K82.1 Hydrops of gallbladder
K82.2 Perforation of gallbladder
K82.3 Fistula of gallbladder
K82.4 Cholesterolosis of gallbladder
K82.8 Other specified diseases of gallbladder
K82.9 Disease of gallbladder, unspecified
K83 Other diseases of biliary tract
K83.0
Cholangitis
K83.1 Obstruction of bile duct
K83.2 Perforation of bile duct
K83.3 Fistula of bile duct
K83.4 Spasm of sphincter of Oddi
K83.8 Other specified diseases of biliary tract
K83.9 Disease of biliary tract, unspecified
K85.0 Idiopathic acute pancreatitis
K85.00 …… without necrosis or infection
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
