ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K55-K64 › K55 Vascular disorders of intestine › K55.9
Vascular disorder of intestine, unspecified
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 Vascular disorder of intestine, 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.
- Pancolitis
- Gastroenteropathy
- Colitis > ischemic
- Enteritis > ischemic
- Enterocolitis > ischemic
- Syndrome > ischemic > bowel
- Ischemia, ischemic > intestine
- Disorder > intestine, intestinal > vascular
- Insufficiency, insufficient > vascular > intestine
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K55.0 | Acute vascular disorders of intestine | Not billable |
| K55.1 | Chronic vascular disorders of intestine | Valid |
| K55.2 | Angiodysplasia of colon | Not billable |
| K55.3 | Necrotizing enterocolitis | Not billable |
| K55.8 | Other vascular disorders of intestine | Valid |