Anorectal fistula

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 to FY2024, and a category header from FY2025.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

K60.50 Anorectal fistula, unspecified
K60.51 Anorectal fistula, simple (also a header)
K60.52 Anorectal fistula, complex (also a header)

Use instead:

K60.511 Anorectal fistula, simple, initial stated for FY2024
K60.512 Anorectal fistula, simple, persistent stated for FY2024
K60.513 Anorectal fistula, simple, recurrent stated for FY2024
K60.519 Anorectal fistula, simple, unspecified stated for FY2024
K60.521 Anorectal fistula, complex, initial stated for FY2024
K60.522 Anorectal fistula, complex, persistent stated for FY2024
K60.523 Anorectal fistula, complex, recurrent stated for FY2024
K60.529 Anorectal fistula, complex, unspecified stated for FY2024

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 Anorectal fistula
FY2025 Stopped being billable

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 K60 Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions

Excludes2 - not included here

abscess or cellulitis of anal and rectal regions (K61.-)
anal sphincter tear (healed) (nontraumatic) (old) (K62.81)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K60.0	Acute anal fissure	Valid
K60.1	Chronic anal fissure	Valid
K60.2	Anal fissure, unspecified	Valid
K60.3	Anal fistula	Not billable
K60.4	Rectal fistula	Not billable