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K52 - Other and unspecified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis

ICD-10-CM Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system · K50-K52 Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

K52 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 6 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

IncludesFrom K50-K52 Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)

Conditions this code covers.

  • noninfective inflammatory bowel disease
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom K50-K52 Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • irritable bowel syndrome (K58.-)
  • megacolon (K59.3-)
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)

More Specific Codes (6)

K52.0Gastroenteritis and colitis due to radiation→K52.1Toxic gastroenteritis and colitis→K52.2Allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis→K52.3Indeterminate colitis→K52.8Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis→K52.9Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified→

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