K90.3 — Pancreatic steatorrhea
K90.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pancreatic steatorrhea. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K90.3 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K90.3 is named in 14 Medicare coverage policies — 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56798Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing
- A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
How K90.3 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K90.3.
- Steatorrhea›pancreatic
- Absorption›fat, disturbance›pancreatic
- Decrease›function›lipase(pancreatic)
- Decrease›tolerance›pancreatic
- Intolerance›fat NEC›pancreatic
- Disturbance›absorption›fat›pancreatic
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K90. If K90.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K90.3
- Is K90.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K90.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K90.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).