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K56.52

Intestinal adhesions [bands] with complete obstruction

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Intestinal adhesions [bands] with complete obstruction

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 K56 Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • congenital stricture or stenosis of intestine (Q41-Q42)
  • cystic fibrosis with meconium ileus (E84.11)
  • ischemic stricture of intestine (K55.1)
  • meconium ileus NOS (P76.0)
  • neonatal intestinal obstructions classifiable to P76.-
  • obstruction of duodenum (K31.5)
  • postprocedural intestinal obstruction (K91.3-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • stenosis of anus or rectum (K62.4)

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.

Showing 40 of 86 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
K56.50 Intestinal adhesions [bands], unspecified as to partial versus complete obstruction Valid
K56.51 Intestinal adhesions [bands], with partial obstruction Valid