K83.09: Other cholangitis
K83.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other cholangitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K83.09 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Ascending cholangitis
- Cholangitis NOS
- Primary cholangitis
- Recurrent cholangitis
- Sclerosing cholangitis
- Secondary cholangitis
- Stenosing cholangitis
- Suppurative cholangitis
Other codes that can never be billed with K83.09
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- K75.0Abscess of liver
Risk adjustment
K83.09 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 68 Cholangitis and Obstruction of Bile Duct Without Gallstones0.388 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
K83.09 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55336Billing and Coding: Retroperitoneal Ultrasound
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Angiocholitis
- Cholangiolitis(acute) (chronic) (extrahepatic) (gangrenous) (intrahepatic)
- Cholangitis(ascending) (recurrent) (secondary) (stenosing) (suppurative)
- Choledochitis(suppurative)
- Cholangitis›primary
- Cholangitis›sclerosing
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.