Complications of intestinal pouch

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 2 more specific codes instead:

K91.850 Pouchitis
K91.858 Other complications of intestinal pouch

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 Complications of intestinal pouch

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 K91 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 - not included here

complications of artificial opening of digestive system (K94.-)
complications of bariatric procedures (K95.-)
gastrojejunal ulcer (K28.-)
postprocedural (radiation) retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)
radiation colitis (K52.0)
radiation gastroenteritis (K52.0)
radiation proctitis (K62.7)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
K91.81	Other intraoperative complications of digestive system	Valid
K91.82	Postprocedural hepatic failure	Valid
K91.83	Postprocedural hepatorenal syndrome	Valid
K91.84	Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure	Not billable
K91.86	Retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy	Valid
K91.87	Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure	Not billable
K91.89	Other postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system	Valid