K50.014

K50.014: Crohn's disease of small intestine with abscess

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K50.014 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for crohn's disease of small intestine with abscess. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K50.014

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K50.0: Crohn's disease of small intestine

Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine (K50.8-)

Written on K50: Crohn's disease [regional enteritis]

ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with K50.014

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

E55.0Rickets, active
K51Ulcerative colitis
K63.0Abscess of intestine

Risk adjustment

K50.014 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 80 Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)0.550 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.

Medicare coverage

K50.014 is named in 31 Medicare coverage policies: 31 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52423Billing and Coding: Infliximab and biosimilars
A55937Billing and Coding: Diagnostic Colonoscopy
A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Enteritis›regional›small intestine›with›complication›abscess

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.