K90.82
K90.82: Short bowel syndrome
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K90.82 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for short bowel syndrome. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified (K91.2)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Short gut syndrome
Other codes that can never be billed with K90.82
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 K90.82
3 child codes. Green means billable.