K55.06
K55.06 — Acute infarction of intestine, part unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K55.06 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute infarction of intestine, part unspecified. 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.
- Acute intestinal infarction
- Gangrene of intestine
- Necrosis of intestine
Risk adjustment
K55.06 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.
Code to one of these instead K55.06
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K55.0. If K55.06 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K55.06
- Is K55.06 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K55.06 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K55.06 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64).