ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K35-K38 › K35.8 Other and unspecified acute appendicitis › K35.89

K35.89

Other acute appendicitis

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:

  • K35.890 Other acute appendicitis without perforation or gangrene
  • K35.891 Other acute appendicitis without perforation, with gangrene

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 Other acute appendicitis
  2. FY2019 Stopped being billable

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
K35.80 Unspecified acute appendicitis Valid