ICD-10 codes for Pancreatitis

The primary ICD-10-CM codes for pancreatitis are K85, K85.90, K85.20. Across all sub-categories, 34 codes are grouped under pancreatitis, with 25 marked as billable (specific enough for a medical claim).

There are 34 ICD-10-CM codes related to pancreatitis. Of these, 25 are billable specific codes and 9 are non-billable header categories that organize the specific codes underneath them. Header codes cannot be reported on a claim by themselves.

Yes. 25 of the 34 ICD-10-CM codes for pancreatitis are billable. Common examples include K85.00 (Idiopathic acute pancreatitis without necrosis or infection); K85.01 (Idiopathic acute pancreatitis with uninfected necrosis); K85.02 (Idiopathic acute pancreatitis with infected necrosis). Code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation.

The most commonly used billable codes for pancreatitis include: K85.00 (Idiopathic acute pancreatitis without necrosis or infection); K85.01 (Idiopathic acute pancreatitis with uninfected necrosis); K85.02 (Idiopathic acute pancreatitis with infected necrosis). The correct code depends on the documented clinical presentation, including any complications, episode (acute / chronic), and laterality where applicable. Always code to the highest level of specificity supported by the clinical documentation.

No, K85 (Acute pancreatitis) is a non-billable header code. You need to use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

The ICD-10 codes for pancreatitis map to at least 25 SNOMED CT concepts. Examples of SNOMED CT concept IDs in this group include 235943006, 235949005, 68072000, 235941008, 95563007. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records; AutoICD's coding API returns SNOMED CT IDs alongside each ICD-10 code via the include_snomed=true flag.

The ICD-10 codes for pancreatitis are linked to at least 25 UMLS CUIs in the National Library of Medicine's Metathesaurus. Sample CUIs include C0001339, C0267937, C0267938, C0341461, C4268644. UMLS CUIs unify the same concept across SNOMED CT, ICD-10, ICD-11, RxNorm, MeSH, and dozens of other source vocabularies.

Pancreatitis may also be referred to as: pancreatitis, acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic pancreatitis. The same ICD-10-CM codes apply regardless of which term appears in the clinical documentation. Synonyms are surfaced by AutoICD's NER pass and mapped to the canonical ICD-10 family above.