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K83

Other diseases of biliary tract

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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • K83.0 Cholangitis (also a header)
  • K83.1 Obstruction of bile duct
  • K83.2 Perforation of bile duct
  • K83.3 Fistula of bile duct
  • K83.4 Spasm of sphincter of Oddi
  • K83.5 Biliary cyst
  • K83.8 Other specified diseases of biliary tract
  • K83.9 Disease of biliary tract, unspecified

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 Other diseases of biliary tract

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

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • postcholecystectomy syndrome (K91.5)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • conditions involving the gallbladder (K81-K82)
  • conditions involving the cystic duct (K81-K82)