K55.02
K55.02: Acute infarction of small intestine
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K55.02 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute infarction of small 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.
- Gangrene of small intestine
- Necrosis of small intestine
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K55.02
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K55.02
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
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 K55.02
3 child codes. Green means billable.