ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K50-K52 › K51.51 Left sided colitis with complications › K51.519
Left sided colitis with unspecified complications
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Left sided colitis with unspecified complications
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 K51 Ulcerative colitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- Crohn's disease [regional enteritis] (K50.-)
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-)
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.
- Pancolitis
- Hemicolitis, left
- Colitis > left sided > with > complication
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K51.511 | Left sided colitis with rectal bleeding | Valid |
| K51.512 | Left sided colitis with intestinal obstruction | Valid |
| K51.513 | Left sided colitis with fistula | Valid |
| K51.514 | Left sided colitis with abscess | Valid |
| K51.518 | Left sided colitis with other complication | Valid |