K56Non-billableSave

K56 - Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia

ICD-10-CM Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system · K55-K64 Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

K56 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 8 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom K56

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

congenital stricture or stenosis of intestine (Q41-Q42)
cystic fibrosis with meconium ileus (E84.11)
ischemic stricture of intestine (K55.1)
meconium ileus NOS (P76.0)
neonatal intestinal obstructions classifiable to P76.-
obstruction of duodenum (K31.5)
postprocedural intestinal obstruction (K91.3-)

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom K56

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

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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Chapter Information

Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system

Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for K56

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Codes at the same level as K56

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