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K55.1
Billable

Chronic vascular disorders of intestine

Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system

Inclusion Terms

6 items
  • Chronic ischemic colitis
  • Chronic ischemic enteritis
  • Chronic ischemic enterocolitis
  • Ischemic stricture of intestine
  • Mesenteric atherosclerosis
  • Mesenteric vascular insufficiency

Billable Code

K55.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

View documentation for chronic mesenteric ischemia
chronic mesenteric ischemia
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Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia

View documentation for ischemic bowel disease
ischemic bowel disease
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Ischemic Bowel Disease

View documentation for mesenteric artery stenosis
mesenteric artery stenosis
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Mesenteric Artery Stenosis

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mesenteric ischemia
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Mesenteric Ischemia

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sequential multiple analysis
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Stenosis of Superior Mesenteric Artery

View documentation for superior mesenteric vein thrombosis
superior mesenteric vein thrombosis
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Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis

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.

Excludes1

1 item

From K55:

  • necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)

Excludes2

9 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)

From K55:

  • angioectasia (angiodysplasia) duodenum (K31.81-)
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