ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K55-K64 › K55.02 Acute infarction of small intestine › K55.022
K55.022
Diffuse acute infarction of small intestine
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 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Diffuse acute infarction of small intestine
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 K55 Vascular disorders of intestine
Excludes1 - never coded here
- necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- angioectasia (angiodysplasia) duodenum (K31.81-)
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.
- Phagedena
- Sloughing
- Sphacelus
- Mortification
- Necrosis, necrotic
- Vasospasm > retina
- Hollenhorst's plaque
- Body, bodies > cytoid
- Embolism > ophthalmic
- Pemphigus > gangrenous
- Plaque > Hollenhorst's
- Cellulitis > gangrenous
- Microembolism > retinal
- Embolism > retina, retinal
- Necrosis, necrotic > colon
- Embolism > artery > retinal
- Infarct, infarction > bowel
- Infarct, infarction > colon
- Necrosis, necrotic > omentum
- Infarct, infarction > omentum
- Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
- Embolism > artery > ophthalmic
- Necrosis, necrotic > intestine
- Necrosis, necrotic > mesentery
- Necrosis, necrotic > peritoneum
- Gangrene, gangrenous > mesentery
- Occlusion, occluded > thrombotic
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > omentum
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > intestine
- Thrombosis, thrombotic > mesenteric
- Ischemia, ischemic > retina, retinal
- Spasm, spastic, spasticity > retinal
- Infarct, infarction > retina, retinal
- Spots, spotting > cotton wool, retina
- Occlusion, occluded > mesenteric artery
- Occlusion, occluded > artery > mesenteric
- Infarct, infarction > appendices epiploicae
- Infarct, infarction > mesentery, mesenteric
- Gangrene, gangrenous > intestine, intestinal
- Gangrene, gangrenous > bowel, cecum, or colon
Showing 40 of 51 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K55.021 | Focal (segmental) acute infarction of small intestine | Valid |
| K55.029 | Acute infarction of small intestine, extent unspecified | Valid |