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K90.81

K90.81: Whipple's disease

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K90.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for whipple's disease. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check K90.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K90.81

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 K90.81

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

  • E88.1Lipodystrophy, not elsewhere classified
  • K59Other functional intestinal disorders

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

K90.81 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
  • A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
  • 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

  • Whipple's disease
  • Lipodystrophy›intestinal
  • Arthropathy›in›Whipple's disease

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under K90.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.