K55.33Billable
Stage 3 necrotizing enterocolitis
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
2 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Necrotizing enterocolitis with perforation
- •Necrotizing enterocolitis with pneumatosis and perforation
Billable Code
K55.33 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
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:
Excludes1
2 items
Excludes1
From K55.3:
- •necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)
Excludes2
10 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)
From K55.3:
- •necrotizing enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (A04.7-)