K55.0

K55.0: Acute vascular disorders of intestine

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K55.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute vascular disorders of intestine. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

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

Infarction of appendices epiploicae
Mesenteric (artery) (vein) embolism
Mesenteric (artery) (vein) infarction
Mesenteric (artery) (vein) thrombosis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K55.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K55: Vascular disorders of intestine

necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K55.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on K55: Vascular disorders of intestine

angioectasia (angiodysplasia) duodenum (K31.81-)

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead K55.0

6 child codes. Green means billable.