K85.9
K85.9: Acute pancreatitis, unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K85.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute pancreatitis, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Pancreatitis NOS
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 K85.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.