K50
Non-billableCrohn's disease [regional enteritis]
Crohn's disease [regional enteritis]
This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- noninfective inflammatory bowel disease
- granulomatous enteritis
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Child Codes (4)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
UMLS
- CD - Crohn's diseaseC0010346
- CROHN DISC0010346
- CROHN DISEASEC0010346
- CROHNS DISC0010346
- Crohn DiseaseC0010346
- Crohn diseaseC0010346
- Crohn'sC0010346
- Crohn's DiseaseC0010346
- Crohn's EnteritisC0010346
- Crohn's diseaseC0010346
- Crohn's disease (disorder)C0010346
- Crohn's disease NOSC0010346
- Crohn's disease [regional enteritis]C0010346
- Crohn's disease, unspecifiedC0010346
- Crohn's enteritisC0010346
- Crohns DiseaseC0010346
- Crohns diseaseC0010346
- Disease CrohnsC0010346
- Granulomatous enteritis and colitisC0010346
- IBD1C0010346
- INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (CROHN DISEASE) 1C0010346
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease 1C0010346
- Morbus CrohnC0010346
- REGIONAL ENTERITISC0010346
- Regional EnteritisC0010346
- Regional enteritisC0010346
- crohn diseasesC0010346
- crohn sC0010346
- crohn s diseaseC0010346
- crohn's diseasesC0010346
- crohns diseaseC0010346
- crohns diseasesC0010346
- crohns'sC0010346
- crohns's diseaseC0010346
- disease crohnC0010346
- disease crohn'sC0010346
- eleocolitisC0010346
- enteritis (regional)C0010346
- enteritis regionalC0010346
- granulomatous enteritisC0010346
- regional enteritisC0010346
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code K50?
ICD-10-CM code K50 represents "Crohn's disease [regional enteritis]". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is K50 a billable code?
No, K50 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 4 child codes under K50.
What chapter is K50 in?
K50 is in Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (codes K00-K95).
What codes cannot be used with K50?
K50 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: irritable bowel syndrome (K58.-); megacolon (K59.3-); ulcerative colitis (K51.-).
What are the subcategories under K50?
K50 has 4 child codes, including: K50.0 (Crohn's disease of small intestine), K50.1 (Crohn's disease of large intestine), K50.8 (Crohn's disease of both small and large intestine), K50.9 (Crohn's disease, unspecified).
Are additional codes required with K50?
Yes, when using K50 you should also code: code to identify any associated fistulas, if applicable:; anal fistula (K60.3-); anorectal fistula (K60.5-); rectal fistula (K60.4-).
What are the UMLS CUIs for K50?
K50 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0010346. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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