K90.829 — Short bowel syndrome, unspecified
K90.829 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for short bowel syndrome, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K90.829 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.
Medicare coverage
K90.829 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies — 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function
- A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
How K90.829 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K90.829.
- Syndrome›short›bowel
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K90.82. If K90.829 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K90.829
- Is K90.829 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K90.829 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K90.829 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).