Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

K52.81 Eosinophilic gastritis or gastroenteritis
K52.82 Eosinophilic colitis
K52.83 Microscopic colitis (also a header)
K52.89 Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis

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 Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis
FY2010 Removed from the draft draft
FY2012 Returned to the draft draft

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K52.0	Gastroenteritis and colitis due to radiation	Valid
K52.1	Toxic gastroenteritis and colitis	Valid
K52.2	Allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis	Not billable
K52.3	Indeterminate colitis	Valid
K52.9	Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified	Valid