Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

K80

K80.2 Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis

Not billable (header)Chapter 11

Report one of the more specific codes below.

Codes under this one

  • K80.20 Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis without obstruction
  • K80.21 Calculus of gallbladder without cholecystitis with obstruction

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)

K80

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy (K91.86)

This code

Inclusion terms
  • Cholecystolithiasis without cholecystitis
  • Cholelithiasis (without cholecystitis)
  • Colic (recurrent) of gallbladder (without cholecystitis)
  • Gallstone (impacted) of cystic duct (without cholecystitis)
  • Gallstone (impacted) of gallbladder (without cholecystitis)

Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system · K80-K87 Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas (K80-K87)

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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