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K35.2

Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2018, and a category header from FY2019.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • K35.20 Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without abscess (also a header)
  • K35.21 Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with abscess (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2010 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis
  2. FY2019 Stopped being billable

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
K35.3 Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis Not billable
K35.8 Other and unspecified acute appendicitis Not billable