Acute infarction of intestine, part and extent unspecified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2017 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

FY2017 Added to the code set Acute infarction of intestine, part and extent unspecified

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.

Naga sore
Phagedena
Sloughing
Sphacelus
Angiospasm
Veldt sore
Arteriolith
Sore > Naga
Sore > veldt
Atheromatosis
Desert > sore
Mortification
Sore > desert
Angiosclerosis
Pericellulitis
Sore > of skin
Arteriofibrosis
Atherosclerosis
Sore > tropical
Meleney's > ulcer
Sloughing > ulcer
Arteriolosclerosis
Arteritis > senile
Hardening > artery
Necrosis, necrotic
Vasospasm > retina
Arteriolar sclerosis
Hollenhorst's plaque
Meleney's > gangrene
Phagedena > tropical
Stroke > cryptogenic
Arteritis > deformans
Barcoo disease or rot
Body, bodies > cytoid
Embolism > ophthalmic
Endarteritis > senile
Ossification > artery
Arteritis > obliterans
Atheroma, atheromatous
Calcification > artery

Showing 40 of 158 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K55.061	Focal (segmental) acute infarction of intestine, part unspecified	Valid
K55.062	Diffuse acute infarction of intestine, part unspecified	Valid