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K52.2

K52.2Allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K52.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

  • allergic eosinophilic colitis (K52.82)
  • allergic eosinophilic esophagitis (K20.0)
  • allergic eosinophilic gastritis (K52.81)
  • allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis (K52.81)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Food hypersensitivity gastroenteritis or colitis

Other codes that can never be billed with K52.2

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K52.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K52.2 alone.

  • T61Toxic effect of noxious substances eaten as seafood
  • T62Toxic effect of other noxious substances eaten as food
  • T78.4Other and unspecified allergy

Risk adjustment

K52.2 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 K52.2

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share K52. If K52.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about K52.2

Is K52.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. K52.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does K52.2 sit in the tabular list?
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.