K56.5
K56.5: Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection)
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K56.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection). 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.
- Abdominal hernia due to adhesions with obstruction
- Peritoneal adhesions [bands] with intestinal obstruction (postinfection)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K56.5
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on K56: Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K56.5
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with K56.5
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 K56.5
3 child codes. Green means billable.