K52.29
K52.29: Other allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K52.29 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K52.29 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Allergic proctocolitis
- Food hypersensitivity gastroenteritis or colitis
- Food-induced eosinophilic proctocolitis
- Food protein-induced proctocolitis
- Immediate gastrointestinal hypersensitivity
- Milk protein-induced proctocolitis
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K52.29
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with K52.29
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K52.29 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55937Billing and Coding: Diagnostic Colonoscopy
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Allergy, allergic›colitis
- Allergy, allergic›proctocolitis
- Colitis›allergic
- Colitis›dietetic
- Colitis›food hypersensitivity
- Diarrhea, diarrheal›allergic
- Diarrhea, diarrheal›dietetic
- Enteritis›allergic
- Enteritis›dietetic
- Gastroenteritis›allergic
- Gastroenteritis›dietetic
- Gastroenteritis›food hypersensitivity
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.