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K90.8

K90.8: Other intestinal malabsorption

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K90.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other intestinal malabsorption. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K90.8

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 K90.8

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

  • E88.1Lipodystrophy, not elsewhere classified
  • K59Other functional intestinal disorders
  • K76.83Intestinal failure-associated liver disease

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 K90.8

4 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under K90

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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