K63.9
K63.9 — Disease of intestine, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K63.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disease of intestine, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K63.9 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.
How K63.9 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 K63.9.
- Enteropathy
- Disease, diseased›alimentary canal
- Disease, diseased›bowel
- Disease, diseased›cecum
- Disease, diseased›colon
- Disease, diseased›intestine
- Lesion›cecum
- Lesion›colon
- Lesion›gastrointestinal
- Lesion›ileocecal
- Lesion›ileum
- Lesion›intestine
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K63. If K63.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K63.9
- Is K63.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K63.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K63.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64).