K35.2Non-billable
Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Coding Guidance
K35.2 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for acute abdomen
acute abdomen
View TemplatesAcute Abdomen
View documentation for acute appendicitis
acute appendicitis
View TemplatesAcute Appendicitis
View documentation for appendectomy
appendectomy
View TemplatesAppendectomy
View documentation for appendicitis
appendicitis
View TemplatesAppendicitis
View documentation for bowel perforation
bowel perforation
View TemplatesPerforation of intestine (nontraumatic)
View documentation for right lower abd pain
right lower abd pain
View TemplatesRight Lower Quadrant Pain
View documentation for right lower quadrant
right lower quadrant
View TemplatesRight Lower Quadrant Pain
View documentation for severe abdominal pain
severe abdominal pain
View TemplatesSevere Abdominal Pain
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
8 items
Excludes2
From K00-K95:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •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)