K52.839 — Microscopic colitis, unspecified
K52.839 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for microscopic colitis, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K52.839 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.
Medicare coverage
K52.839 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies — 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
How K52.839 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K52.839.
- Colitis›microscopic
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K52.83. If K52.839 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K52.839
- Is K52.839 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K52.839 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K52.839 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52).