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K59.00
Billable

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
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Chronic Idiopathic Constipation

View documentation for constipation in pregnancy
constipation in pregnancy
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Constipation complicating pregnancy

View documentation for constipation unspecified
constipation unspecified
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Constipation, unspecified

View documentation for functional constipation
functional constipation
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Functional Constipation

View documentation for slow transit constipation
slow transit constipation
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Slow Transit Constipation

View documentation for stool burden
stool burden
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Stool 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.

Excludes1

4 items

From K59:

  • change in bowel habit NOS (R19.4)
  • intestinal malabsorption (K90.-)
  • psychogenic intestinal disorders (F45.8)

From K59.0:

Excludes2

10 items

From K00-K95:

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • 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:

  • functional disorders of stomach (K31.-)

From K59.0:

  • incomplete defecation (R15.0)
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