Other intestinal malabsorption

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 4 more specific codes instead:

K90.81 Whipple's disease
K90.82 Short bowel syndrome (also a header)
K90.83 Intestinal failure
K90.89 Other intestinal malabsorption

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other intestinal malabsorption

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 K90 Intestinal malabsorption

Excludes1 - never coded here

intestinal malabsorption following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.2)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K90.0	Celiac disease	Valid
K90.1	Tropical sprue	Valid
K90.2	Blind loop syndrome, not elsewhere classified	Valid
K90.3	Pancreatic steatorrhea	Valid
K90.4	Other malabsorption due to intolerance	Not billable
K90.9	Intestinal malabsorption, unspecified	Valid