K90.1

K90.1: Tropical sprue

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K90.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tropical sprue. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K90.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Sprue NOS
Tropical steatorrhea

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K90.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K90: Intestinal malabsorption

intestinal malabsorption following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with K90.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

K59Other functional intestinal disorders

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

K90.1 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies: 16 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52996Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
A56232Billing and Coding: Foot Care
A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Cochin-China diarrhea
Psilosis(sprue) (tropical)
Sprue(tropical)
Diarrhea, diarrheal›Cochin-China
Diarrhea, diarrheal›hill
Diarrhea, diarrheal›tropical
Steatorrhea›tropical

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.