Diverticulitis of small intestine with perforation and abscess without bleeding

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Diverticulitis of small intestine with perforation and abscess without bleeding

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 K57 Diverticular disease of intestine

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.-)

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.

Omentitis
Epiploitis
Carbunculus
Enteroperitonitis
Diverticulitis > ileum
Irritation > peritoneum
Peridiverticulitis > jejunum
Peridiverticulitis > duodenum
Peridiverticulitis > intestine
Infection, infected, infective > peritoneal
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > peritoneum
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > retroperitoneal
Rupture, ruptured > diverticulum > small intestine
Abscess > with > diverticular disease > small intestine
Perforation, perforated > diverticulum > small intestine
Diverticulitis > intestine > small > with > abscess, perforation
Peritonitis > with or following > diverticular disease > small intestine

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K57.01	Diverticulitis of small intestine with perforation and abscess with bleeding	Valid