K56.609Billable
Unspecified intestinal obstruction, unspecified as to partial versus complete obstruction
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
1 item
Inclusion Terms
- •Intestinal obstruction NOS
Billable Code
K56.609 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 bowel obstruction
bowel obstruction
View TemplatesBowel Obstruction
View documentation for colon obstruction
colon obstruction
View TemplatesIntestinal Obstruction, Unspecified
View documentation for hirschsprung's disease
hirschsprung's disease
View TemplatesHirschsprung's Disease
View documentation for intestinal obstruction
intestinal obstruction
View TemplatesIntestinal Obstruction
View documentation for large bowel obstruction
large bowel obstruction
View TemplatesLarge Bowel Obstruction
View documentation for sigmoid stricture
sigmoid stricture
View TemplatesSigmoid Stricture
View documentation for small bowel obstruction unspecified
small bowel obstruction unspecified
View TemplatesUnspecified Small Bowel Obstruction
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)