K57.3

K57.3: Diverticular disease of large intestine without perforation or abscess

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K57.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for diverticular disease of large intestine without perforation or abscess. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

diverticular disease of both small and large intestine without perforation or abscess (K57.5-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K57.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K57: Diverticular disease of intestine

congenital diverticulum of intestine (Q43.8)
Meckel's diverticulum (Q43.0)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K57.3

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

Written on K57: Diverticular disease of intestine

diverticulum of appendix (K38.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with K57.3

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

K92.2Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, unspecified

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 K57.3

4 child codes. Green means billable.