K55.02Non-billable
Acute infarction of small intestine
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
2 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Gangrene of small intestine
- •Necrosis of small intestine
Coding Guidance
K55.02 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 bowel ischemia
bowel ischemia
View TemplatesBowel Ischemia
View documentation for ischemic bowel
ischemic bowel
View TemplatesIschemic Bowel Disease
View documentation for ischemic colitis
ischemic colitis
View TemplatesIschemic Colitis
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:
Inclusion Terms
4 items
Inclusion Terms
From K55.0:
- •Infarction of appendices epiploicae
- •Mesenteric (artery) (vein) embolism
- •Mesenteric (artery) (vein) infarction
- •Mesenteric (artery) (vein) thrombosis
Excludes2
9 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)