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K85 - Acute pancreatitis

ICD-10-CM Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system · K80-K87 Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas (K80-K87) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

K85 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 6 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

IncludesFrom K85

Conditions this code covers.

  • acute (recurrent) pancreatitis
  • subacute pancreatitis
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)

K85.0Idiopathic acute pancreatitis→K85.1Biliary acute pancreatitis→K85.2Alcohol induced acute pancreatitis→K85.3Drug induced acute pancreatitis→K85.8Other acute pancreatitis→K85.9Acute pancreatitis, unspecified→

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