Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

K60

K60.5 Anorectal fistula

Not billable (header)Chapter 11

Report one of the more specific codes below.

Codes under this one

  • K60.50 Anorectal fistula, unspecified
  • K60.51 Anorectal fistula, simpleHeader
  • K60.52 Anorectal fistula, complexHeader

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)

K60

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • abscess or cellulitis of anal and rectal regions (K61.-)
  • anal sphincter tear (healed) (nontraumatic) (old) (K62.81)

This code

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • congenital fistula (Q43.6)
Code firstSequence the underlying condition first.
  • , if applicable:
  • Crohn's disease (K50.-)
  • ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

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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