Acute pancreatitis with uninfected necrosis, unspecified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2017 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

FY2017 Added to the code set Acute pancreatitis with uninfected necrosis, unspecified

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 K85 Acute pancreatitis

Includes

acute (recurrent) pancreatitis
subacute pancreatitis

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
Fitz's syndrome
Syndrome > Fitz's
Abscess > pancreas
Necrosis, necrotic
Pemphigus > gangrenous
Cellulitis > gangrenous
Abscess > parapancreatic
Pancreatitis > gangrenous
Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
Gangrene, gangrenous > pancreas
Pancreatitis > recurrent > acute
Pancreatitis > interstitial > acute
Necrosis, necrotic > pancreas > acute
Infection, infected, infective > pancreas
Necrosis, necrotic > pancreas > infective
Suppuration, suppurative > pancreas, acute
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > pancreas
Infection, infected, infective > pancreas > abscess
Infection, infected, infective > pancreas > specified NEC
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > gangrenous
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > skin > with gangrene
Pancreatitis > with necrosis
Pancreatitis > acute > with necrosis

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K85.90	Acute pancreatitis without necrosis or infection, unspecified	Valid
K85.92	Acute pancreatitis with infected necrosis, unspecified	Valid