K64.4

K64.4: Residual hemorrhoidal skin tags

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K64.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for residual hemorrhoidal skin tags. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

External hemorrhoids, NOS
Skin tags of anus

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K64.4

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K64: Hemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis

hemorrhoids complicating childbirth and the puerperium (O87.2)
hemorrhoids complicating pregnancy (O22.4)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

K64.4 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57161Billing and Coding: Benign Skin Lesion Removal (Excludes Actinic Keratosis, and Mohs)
A57342Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy
A57482Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hemorrhoids›external
Tag›anus
Tag›hemorrhoidal
Tag›sentinel
Hemorrhoids›skin tags›anus
Hemorrhoids›skin tags›residual
Tag›skin›anus

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.