Other and unspecified intestinal obstruction

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

K56.60 Unspecified intestinal obstruction (also a header)
K56.69 Other intestinal obstruction (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other and unspecified intestinal 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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K56.0	Paralytic ileus	Valid
K56.1	Intussusception	Valid
K56.2	Volvulus	Valid
K56.3	Gallstone ileus	Valid
K56.4	Other impaction of intestine	Not billable
K56.5	Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection)	Not billable
K56.7	Ileus, unspecified	Valid