K80

Cholelithiasis

FY2027Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system/K80–K87 Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

K80 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for cholelithiasis. 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 K80.0 Calculus of gallbladder with acute cholecystitis, K80.1 Calculus of gallbladder with other cholecystitis, K80.2 Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis, K80.3 Calculus of bile duct with cholangitis and 5 more. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 8 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

This code
  • retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy (K91.86)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 11 Diseases of the digestive system
  • 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 K80 9