Ischiorectal 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.

Billable FY2016 to FY2018, and a category header from FY2019.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

K61.31 Horseshoe abscess
K61.39 Other ischiorectal abscess

Use instead:

K61.5 Supralevator abscess stated for FY2018

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 Ischiorectal abscess
FY2019 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 K61 Abscess of anal and rectal regions

Includes

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K61.0	Anal abscess	Valid
K61.1	Rectal abscess	Valid
K61.2	Anorectal abscess	Valid
K61.4	Intrasphincteric abscess	Valid
K61.5	Supralevator abscess	Valid