Toxic gastroenteritis and colitis

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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Toxic gastroenteritis and colitis

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 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
Gastroenteropathy
Colitis > toxic NEC
Toxemia > intestinal
Enteritis > toxic NEC
Colitis > drug-induced
Intoxication > enteric
Gastroenteritis > toxic
Enteritis > drug-induced
Toxemia > small intestine
Enteritis > due to > drugs
Toxemia > gastrointestinal
Diarrhea, diarrheal > toxic
Gastroenteritis > drug-induced
Toxinfection, gastrointestinal
Intoxication > alimentary canal
Intoxication > gastrointestinal
Gastroenteritis > due to > drugs
Diarrhea, diarrheal > drug-induced
Diarrhea, diarrheal > due to > drugs

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K52.0	Gastroenteritis and colitis due to radiation	Valid
K52.2	Allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis	Not billable
K52.3	Indeterminate colitis	Valid
K52.8	Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis	Not billable
K52.9	Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified	Valid