K83.8
K83.8: Other specified diseases of biliary tract
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K83.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified diseases of biliary tract. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K83.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Adhesions of biliary tract
- Atrophy of biliary tract
- Hypertrophy of biliary tract
- Ulcer of biliary tract
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K83.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K83.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K83.8 is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Cholangiectasis
- Cholangiohepatitis
- Hematobilia
- Adhesions, adhesive›bile duct(common) (hepatic)
- Adhesions, adhesive›common duct
- Atrophy, atrophic›bile duct(common) (hepatic)
- Cicatrix›bile duct(common) (hepatic)
- Cicatrix›common duct
- Contraction, contracture, contracted›bile duct(common) (hepatic)
- Dilatation›common duct(acquired)
- Dyssynergia›biliary
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic›bile duct(common) (hepatic)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.