Diverticular disease of intestine

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 8 more specific codes instead:

K57.0 Diverticulitis of small intestine with perforation and abscess (also a header)
K57.1 Diverticular disease of small intestine without perforation or abscess (also a header)
K57.2 Diverticulitis of large intestine with perforation and abscess (also a header)
K57.3 Diverticular disease of large intestine without perforation or abscess (also a header)
K57.4 Diverticulitis of both small and large intestine with perforation and abscess (also a header)
K57.5 Diverticular disease of both small and large intestine without perforation or abscess (also a header)
K57.8 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, with perforation and abscess (also a header)
K57.9 Diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess (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 Diverticular disease of intestine

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital diverticulum of intestine (Q43.8)
Meckel's diverticulum (Q43.0)

Excludes2 - not included here

diverticulum of appendix (K38.2)

Code also

if applicable:
pelvic abscess (K6A.0-)
peritonitis (K65.-)