ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K55-K64 › K57 Diverticular disease of intestine › K57.4
K57.4
Diverticulitis of both small and large intestine with perforation and abscess
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:
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 Diverticulitis of both small and large intestine with perforation and abscess
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.-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K57.0 | Diverticulitis of small intestine with perforation and abscess | Not billable |
| K57.1 | Diverticular disease of small intestine without perforation or abscess | Not billable |
| K57.2 | Diverticulitis of large intestine with perforation and abscess | Not billable |
| K57.3 | Diverticular disease of large intestine without perforation or abscess | Not billable |
| K57.5 | Diverticular disease of both small and large intestine without perforation or abscess | Not billable |
| K57.8 | Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, with perforation and abscess | Not billable |
| K57.9 | Diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess | Not billable |