K65.0Billable
Generalized (acute) peritonitis
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
3 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Pelvic peritonitis (acute), male
- •Subphrenic peritonitis (acute)
- •Suppurative peritonitis (acute)
Billable Code
K65.0 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 gastrointestinal sepsis
gastrointestinal sepsis
View TemplatesSepsis due to gastrointestinal infection
View documentation for intra abdominal infection
intra abdominal infection
View TemplatesIntra-abdominal Infection
View documentation for peritonitis
peritonitis
View TemplatesPeritonitis
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
17 items
Excludes1
From K65:
- •acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis (K35.2-)
- •aseptic peritonitis (T81.6)
- •benign paroxysmal peritonitis (E85.0)
- •chemical peritonitis (T81.6)
- •gonococcal peritonitis (A54.85)
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- •periodic familial peritonitis (E85.0)
- •peritonitis due to talc or other foreign substance (T81.6)
- •peritonitis in chlamydia (A74.81)
- •peritonitis in diphtheria (A36.89)
- •peritonitis in syphilis (late) (A52.74)
- •peritonitis in tuberculosis (A18.31)
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- •peritonitis with or following appendicitis (K35.-)
- •puerperal peritonitis (O85)
- •retroperitoneal infections (K68.-)
Excludes2
8 items
Excludes2
From K00-K95:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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- •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)