K56.699BillableSave

K56.699 - Other intestinal obstruction unspecified as to partial versus complete obstruction

ICD-10-CM Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system · K55-K64 Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64) · Subcategory of K56.69 · FY2027

Applicable To

Inclusion terms listed under K56.699 in the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Other intestinal obstruction, NEC

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.

  • stenosis of anus or rectum (K62.4)
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)

Documentation requirements, coding pitfalls and FAQs for conditions coded with K56.699.