K56.2Billable
Volvulus
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
3 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Strangulation of colon or intestine
- •Torsion of colon or intestine
- •Twist of colon or intestine
Excludes2
1 item
Excludes2
- •volvulus of duodenum (K31.5)
Billable Code
K56.2 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 cecal volvulus
cecal volvulus
View TemplatesCecal Volvulus
View documentation for colonic obstruction
colonic obstruction
View TemplatesColonic Obstruction
View documentation for gastric volvulus
gastric volvulus
View TemplatesGastric Volvulus
View documentation for sigmoid volvulus
sigmoid volvulus
View TemplatesSigmoid Volvulus
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
7 items
Excludes1
From K56:
- •congenital stricture or stenosis of intestine (Q41-Q42)
- •cystic fibrosis with meconium ileus (E84.11)
- •ischemic stricture of intestine (K55.1)
- •meconium ileus NOS (P76.0)
- •neonatal intestinal obstructions classifiable to P76.-
- •obstruction of duodenum (K31.5)
- •postprocedural intestinal obstruction (K91.3-)
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)