K63.3
K63.3: Ulcer of intestine
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K63.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for ulcer of intestine. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K63.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Primary ulcer of small intestine
Other codes that can never be billed with K63.3
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- K28Gastrojejunal ulcer
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K63.3 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55937Billing and Coding: Diagnostic Colonoscopy
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Stercoraceous, stercoral ulcer
- Erosion›intestine
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›intestine, intestinal
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›primary of intestine
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›rectosigmoid
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›stercoraceous, stercoral
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›intestine, intestinal›primary, small intestine
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›intestine, intestinal›stercoraceous, stercoral
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.