K90.4

K90.4: Other malabsorption due to intolerance

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K90.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other malabsorption due to intolerance. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

celiac gluten-sensitive enteropathy (K90.0)
lactose intolerance (E73.-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K90.4

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 K90.4

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead K90.4

2 child codes. Green means billable.