K38.8
K38.8: Other specified diseases of appendix
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K38.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified diseases of appendix. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K38.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Intussusception of appendix
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K38.8 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Adhesions, adhesive›appendix
- Atrophy, atrophic›appendix
- Colic›appendix, appendicular
- Cyst›appendix
- Intussusception›appendix
- Mucocele›appendix
- Obliteration›appendix(lumen)
- Sloughing›appendix
- Strangulation, strangulated›appendix
- Disease, diseased›appendix›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.