Is K90.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. K90.82 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does K90.82 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).

What cannot be coded together with K90.82?

K90.82 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

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

Risk adjustment

K90.82 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead K90.82

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share K90.8. If K90.82 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about K90.82

Is K90.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. K90.82 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does K90.82 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).
What cannot be coded together with K90.82?: K90.82 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.