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K50.0
Non-billable

Crohn's disease of small intestine

Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system

Inclusion Terms

5 items
  • Crohn's disease [regional enteritis] of duodenum
  • Crohn's disease [regional enteritis] of ileum
  • Crohn's disease [regional enteritis] of jejunum
  • Regional ileitis
  • Terminal ileitis

Excludes1

1 item
  • Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine (K50.8-)

Coding Guidance

K50.0 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.

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.

Includes

1 item

From K50:

  • granulomatous enteritis

Excludes1

1 item

From K50:

  • ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

Excludes2

8 items

From K00-K95:

  • 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)

Use Additional Code

6 items

From K50:

  • code to identify any associated fistulas, if applicable:
  • anal fistula (K60.3-)
  • anorectal fistula (K60.5-)
  • rectal fistula (K60.4-)
  • code to identify manifestations, such as:
  • pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)
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