K59.39
K59.39: Other megacolon
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K59.39 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other megacolon. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K59.39 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Megacolon NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K59.39
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on K59.3: Megacolon, not elsewhere classified
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K59.39
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.
Medicare coverage
K59.39 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55937Billing and Coding: Diagnostic Colonoscopy
- A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Macrosigmoid
- Megacolon(acquired) (functional) (not Hirschsprung's disease) (in)
- Megasigmoid
- Dilatation›colon
- Dilatation›rectum
- Syndrome›faulty bowel habit
- Excess, excessive, excessively›large›colon
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.