K90.3

K90.3: Pancreatic steatorrhea

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K90.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pancreatic steatorrhea. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K90.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K90.3

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 K90.3

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

K90.3 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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
A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Steatorrhea›pancreatic
Absorption›fat, disturbance›pancreatic
Decrease›function›lipase(pancreatic)
Decrease›tolerance›pancreatic
Intolerance›fat NEC›pancreatic
Disturbance›absorption›fat›pancreatic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.