Short bowel syndrome

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, FY2024 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

K90.821 Short bowel syndrome with colon in continuity
K90.822 Short bowel syndrome without colon in continuity
K90.829 Short bowel syndrome, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2024 to now.

FY2024 Added to the code set Short bowel syndrome

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
K90.81	Whipple's disease	Valid
K90.83	Intestinal failure	Valid
K90.89	Other intestinal malabsorption	Valid