ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K90-K95 › K90.82 Short bowel syndrome › K90.829

K90.829

Short bowel syndrome, unspecified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2024 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2024 to now.

  1. FY2024 Added to the code set Short bowel syndrome, 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 K90 Intestinal malabsorption

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • intestinal malabsorption following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.2)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
K90.821 Short bowel syndrome with colon in continuity Valid
K90.822 Short bowel syndrome without colon in continuity Valid