Diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or 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.

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

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

K57.90 Diverticulosis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleeding
K57.91 Diverticulosis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleeding
K57.92 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleeding
K57.93 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleeding

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, part unspecified, without perforation or 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
K57.4	Diverticulitis of both small and large intestine with perforation and 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