K62.9 — Disease of anus and rectum, unspecified
K62.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disease of anus and rectum, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K62.9 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.
Medicare coverage
K62.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How K62.9 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K62.9.
- Disease, diseased›anus
- Disease, diseased›rectum
- Lesion›anorectal
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K62. If K62.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K62.9
- Is K62.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K62.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K62.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64).