K52.82

K52.82: Eosinophilic colitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K52.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for eosinophilic colitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K52.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

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 proctocolitis (K52.29)
food-induced eosinophilic proctocolitis (K52.29)
food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) (K52.21)
food protein-induced proctocolitis (K52.29)
milk protein-induced proctocolitis (K52.29)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

K52.82 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A55937Billing and Coding: Diagnostic Colonoscopy
A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Colitis›eosinophilic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.