K57

The ICD-10-CM code for diverticular disease of intestine is K57. The full clinical description is "Diverticular disease of intestine". K57 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code K57 represents “Diverticular disease of intestine”. It is classified under Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, K57 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 8 child codes under K57.

K57 is in Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (codes K00-K95).

K57 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: congenital diverticulum of intestine (Q43.8); Meckel's diverticulum (Q43.0).

K57 has 8 child codes, including: K57.0 (Diverticulitis of small intestine w perforation and abscess), K57.1 (Diverticular disease of sm int w/o perforation or abscess), K57.2 (Diverticulitis of large intestine w perforation and abscess), K57.3 (Diverticular disease of lg int w/o perforation or abscess), and 4 more.

K57 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C4317009. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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K57 maps to the ICD-11 code: DD1Z (Diverticular disease of intestine, unspecified).