K50.81
K50.81 — Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with complications
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K50.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with complications. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with K50.81
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K50.81. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K50.81 alone.
Risk adjustment
K50.81 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead K50.81
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- K50.811Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with rectal bleeding
- K50.812Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with intestinal obstruction
- K50.813Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with fistula
- K50.814Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with abscess
- K50.818Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with other complication
- K50.819Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine with unspecified complications
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K50.8. If K50.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K50.81
- Is K50.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K50.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K50.81 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52).