ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K65-K6A › K65 Peritonitis › K65.4
Sclerosing mesenteritis
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Sclerosing mesenteritis
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 K65 Peritonitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis (K35.2-)
- aseptic peritonitis (T81.6)
- benign paroxysmal peritonitis (E85.0)
- chemical peritonitis (T81.6)
- gonococcal peritonitis (A54.85)
- neonatal peritonitis (P78.0-P78.1)
- pelvic peritonitis, female (N73.3-N73.5)
- periodic familial peritonitis (E85.0)
- peritonitis due to talc or other foreign substance (T81.6)
- peritonitis in chlamydia (A74.81)
- peritonitis in diphtheria (A36.89)
- peritonitis in syphilis (late) (A52.74)
- peritonitis in tuberculosis (A18.31)
- peritonitis with or following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0)
- peritonitis with or following appendicitis (K35.-)
- puerperal peritonitis (O85)
- retroperitoneal infections (K68.-)
Use additional code
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent, if known
Code also
- if applicable diverticular disease of intestine (K57.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Phagedena
- Sloughing
- Sphacelus
- Mortification
- Necrosis, necrotic
- Pemphigus > gangrenous
- Cellulitis > gangrenous
- Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > gangrenous
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > skin > with gangrene
- Fat > necrosis > omentum
- Mesenteritis > retractile
- Mesenteritis > sclerosing
- Panniculitis > mesenteric
- Fat > necrosis > mesentery
- Lipodystrophy > mesenteric
- Necrosis, necrotic > omentum > fat
- Necrosis, necrotic > mesentery > fat
- Necrosis, necrotic > peritoneum > fat
- Necrosis, necrotic > fat, fatty > omentum
- Fibrosis, fibrotic > sclerosing mesenteric
- Necrosis, necrotic > fat, fatty > mesentery
- Necrosis, necrotic > fat, fatty > peritoneum
- Necrosis, necrotic > fat, fatty > abdominal wall
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K65.0 | Generalized (acute) peritonitis | Valid |
| K65.1 | Peritoneal abscess | Valid |
| K65.2 | Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis | Valid |
| K65.3 | Choleperitonitis | Valid |
| K65.8 | Other peritonitis | Valid |
| K65.9 | Peritonitis, unspecified | Valid |