K92.1Billable
Melena
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
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1 item
Excludes1
- •occult blood in feces (R19.5)
Billable Code
K92.1 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 black stool
black stool
View TemplatesPrimary
Melena
View documentation for black tarry stool
black tarry stool
View TemplatesMelena
View documentation for blood in stool
blood in stool
View TemplatesGastrointestinal Hemorrhage
View documentation for bloody stool
bloody stool
View TemplatesGastrointestinal Hemorrhage
View documentation for dark stool
dark stool
View TemplatesMelena
View documentation for guaiac positive stool
guaiac positive stool
View TemplatesGuaiac Positive Stool
View documentation for heme positive stool
heme positive stool
View TemplatesHeme Positive Stool
View documentation for melena
melena
View TemplatesMelena
View documentation for occult blood in stool
occult blood in stool
View TemplatesOccult Blood in Stool
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:
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8 items
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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)