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K50.818

Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with other complication

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with other complication

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from K50 Crohn's disease [regional enteritis]

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

Use additional code

  • code to identify any associated fistulas, if applicable:
  • code to identify manifestations, such as:
  • anal fistula (K60.3-)
  • pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)
  • anorectal fistula (K60.5-)
  • rectal fistula (K60.4-)

Includes

  • granulomatous enteritis

Inherited from the K50-K52 section Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • irritable bowel syndrome (K58.-)
  • megacolon (K59.3-)

Includes

  • noninfective inflammatory bowel disease

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
K50.811 Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with rectal bleeding Valid
K50.812 Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with intestinal obstruction Valid
K50.813 Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with fistula Valid
K50.814 Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with abscess Valid
K50.819 Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with unspecified complications Valid