K59.0
K59.0: Constipation
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K59.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for constipation. 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.
- fecal impaction (K56.41)
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- incomplete defecation (R15.0)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K59.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K59.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with K59.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- R19.4Change in bowel habit
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 K59.0
6 child codes. Green means billable.