ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K55-K64 › K55.2 Angiodysplasia of colon › K55.20
Angiodysplasia of colon without hemorrhage
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 Angiodysplasia of colon without hemorrhage
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.
- Abnormity
- Dysplasia
- Lobulation
- Fold, folds
- Malformation
- Birth > defect
- Maldevelopment
- Septum, septate
- Lesion > congenital
- Aneurysm > arteriovenous
- Implantation > anomalous
- Congenital > malformation
- Anomaly, anomalous > Müllerian
- Band > anomalous or congenital
- Adhesions, adhesive > congenital
- Defect, defective > developmental
- Development > defective, congenital
- Development > imperfect, congenital
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities
- Accessory > organ or site not listed
- Fistula > arteriovenous > congenital
- Flat > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Agenesis > organ > or site not listed
- Aneurysm > arteriovenous > peripheral
- Fistula > congenital, site not listed
- Distortion > organ > or site not listed
- Torsion > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Fusion, fused > organ or site not listed
- Ptosis > congenital > specified site NEC
- Inversion > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Aneurysm > arteriovenous > specified site NEC
- Kink, kinking > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Imperfect > closure > organ or site not listed
- Twist, twisted > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Persistence, persistent > organ or site not listed
- Malposition > congenital > organ or site not listed
- Enlargement, enlarged > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Defect, defective > congenital, organ or site not listed
- Hyperplasia, hyperplastic > organ or site, congenital NEC
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic > organ or site, congenital NEC
Showing 40 of 47 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K55.21 | Angiodysplasia of colon with hemorrhage | Valid |