K83.0
K83.0: Cholangitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K83.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cholangitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K83.0
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K83.0
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with K83.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- K75.0Abscess of liver
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead K83.0
2 child codes. Green means billable.