Constipation

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 6 more specific codes instead:

K59.00 Constipation, unspecified
K59.01 Slow transit constipation
K59.02 Outlet dysfunction constipation
K59.03 Drug induced constipation
K59.04 Chronic idiopathic constipation
K59.09 Other constipation

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 Constipation

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 K59 Other functional intestinal disorders

Excludes1 - never coded here

change in bowel habit NOS (R19.4)
intestinal malabsorption (K90.-)
psychogenic intestinal disorders (F45.8)

Excludes2 - not included here

functional disorders of stomach (K31.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K59.1	Functional diarrhea	Valid
K59.2	Neurogenic bowel, not elsewhere classified	Valid
K59.3	Megacolon, not elsewhere classified	Not billable
K59.4	Anal spasm	Valid
K59.8	Other specified functional intestinal disorders	Not billable
K59.9	Functional intestinal disorder, unspecified	Valid