K64.8

K64.8: Other hemorrhoids

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K64.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other hemorrhoids. 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.

Internal hemorrhoids, without mention of degree
Prolapsed hemorrhoids, degree not specified

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K64.8

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

K64.8 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
A57342Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hemorrhoids›internal(without mention of degree)
Hemorrhoids›prolapsed
Hemorrhoids›specified NEC
Hemorrhoids›strangulated
Hemorrhoids›ulcerated
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›hemorrhoid
Varicose›ulcer›anus

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.