K59.00Billable
Constipation, unspecified
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Billable Code
K59.00 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 idiopathic constipation
chronic idiopathic constipation
View TemplatesChronic Idiopathic Constipation
View documentation for constipation
constipation
View TemplatesConstipation
View documentation for constipation in pregnancy
constipation in pregnancy
View TemplatesConstipation complicating pregnancy
View documentation for constipation unspecified
constipation unspecified
View TemplatesConstipation, unspecified
View documentation for functional constipation
functional constipation
View TemplatesFunctional Constipation
View documentation for history of constipation
history of constipation
View TemplatesConstipation
View documentation for slow transit constipation
slow transit constipation
View TemplatesSlow Transit Constipation
View documentation for stool burden
stool burden
View TemplatesStool Burden with 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:
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 K59.0:
- •incomplete defecation (R15.0)