K90.821
K90.821: Short bowel syndrome with colon in continuity
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K90.821 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for short bowel syndrome with colon in continuity. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K90.821 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Short bowel syndrome with colonic continuity
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K90.821
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Other codes that can never be billed with K90.821
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.
Medicare coverage
K90.821 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 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
- A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
- A56841Billing and Coding: Vitamin D; 25 hydroxy, includes fraction(s), if performed
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Syndrome›short›bowel›with›colon in continuity
- Syndrome›short›bowel›with›ileocolonic anastomosis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.