K35.219BillableSave
K35.219 - Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with abscess, unspecified as to perforation
ICD-10-CM Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system · K35-K38 Diseases of appendix (K35-K38) · Subcategory of K35.21 · FY2027
Applicable To
Inclusion terms listed under K35.219 in the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- (Acute) appendicitis with generalized peritonitis and abscess NOS
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter K00-K95
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- 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)
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