K6A.01

K6A.01: Prevesical abscess

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K6A.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for prevesical abscess. 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.

Retropubic abscess

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K6A.01

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on K6A.0: Pelvic abscess

peritoneal abscess (K65.1)
retroperitoneal abscess (K68.1-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

K6A.01 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Abscess›prevesical
Abscess›retropubic

Code history

addedFY2024-FY2027
Prevesical abscess

Other codes under K6A.0

K6A.09Other pelvic abscess