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K95.01

K95.01Infection due to gastric band procedure

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K95.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for infection due to gastric band procedure. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

  • code to specify type of infection or organism, such as:
  • bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95.-, B96.-)
  • cellulitis of abdominal wall (L03.311)
  • sepsis (A40.-, A41.-)

Risk adjustment

K95.01 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

K95.01 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

  • A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
  • A56422Billing and Coding: Bariatric Surgical Management of Morbid Obesity

How K95.01 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 K95.01.

  • Complicationbariatric proceduregastric band procedureinfection

Related codes at this level

Codes that share K95.0. If K95.01 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about K95.01

Is K95.01 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
Yes. K95.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does K95.01 sit in the tabular list?
Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.