Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM
K55.06 Acute infarction of intestine, part unspecified
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Instructional notes
Chapter 11
Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
- 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)
K55
Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
- necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)
Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
- angioectasia (angiodysplasia) duodenum (K31.81-)
K55.0
Inclusion terms
- Infarction of appendices epiploicae
- Mesenteric (artery) (vein) embolism
- Mesenteric (artery) (vein) infarction
- Mesenteric (artery) (vein) thrombosis
This code
Inclusion terms
- Acute intestinal infarction
- Gangrene of intestine
- Necrosis of intestine
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system · K55-K64 Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64)
Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.
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