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K61

Abscess of anal and rectal regions

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:

  • K61.0 Anal abscess
  • K61.1 Rectal abscess
  • K61.2 Anorectal abscess
  • K61.3 Ischiorectal abscess (also a header)
  • K61.4 Intrasphincteric abscess
  • K61.5 Supralevator abscess

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Abscess of anal and rectal regions

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.

This code

Includes

  • abscess of anal and rectal regions
  • cellulitis of anal and rectal regions