K56.5
Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection)
K56.5 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection). Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are K56.50 Intestinal adhesions [bands], unspecified as to partial versus complete obstruction; K56.51 Intestinal adhesions [bands], with partial obstruction and K56.52 Intestinal adhesions [bands] with complete obstruction. Its coding notes include 7 Excludes1 entries and 9 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
- stenosis of anus or rectum (K62.4)
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
- 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)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Abdominal hernia due to adhesions with obstruction
- Peritoneal adhesions [bands] with intestinal obstruction (postinfection)