K92.9
K92.9 — Disease of digestive system, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K92.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disease of digestive system, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K92.9 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.
How K92.9 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 K92.9.
- Complication›gastrointestinal
- Disease, diseased›digestive system
- Disease, diseased›gastrointestinal(tract)
- Disorder›digestive(system)
- Disorder›gastrointestinal NOS(functional)
- Problem›digestive
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K92. If K92.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about K92.9
- Is K92.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K92.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K92.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).