K57.9
Diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess
K57.9 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for diverticular disease of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess. 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 K57.90 Diverticulosis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleeding; K57.91 Diverticulosis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleeding; K57.92 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleeding and K57.93 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleeding. Its coding notes include a Code also instruction, 2 Excludes1 entries and 9 Excludes2 entries.
Code also
Two codes may be needed to describe the condition. This note gives no sequencing order.
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.
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)
More specific codes under K57.9 4
- K57.90Diverticulosis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleedingBillable
- K57.91Diverticulosis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleedingBillable
- K57.92Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleedingBillable
- K57.93Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess with bleedingBillable