2021 ICD-10-CM Code K52.21

Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome

  1. ICD-10-CM Index
  2. Chapter: K00–K93
  3. Section: K50-K52
  4. Block: K52
  5. K52.21 - Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
Version 2021
Billable Code
MS-DRG Mapping

Valid for Submission

K52.21 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome. The code K52.21 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

The ICD-10-CM code K52.21 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like dietetic enterocolitis, dietetic jejunitis, food protein-induced colitis in infant, food protein-induced proctitis in infant, food-protein induced enterocolitis syndrome , jejunitis, etc.

ICD-10:K52.21
Short Description:Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome
Long Description:Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome

Code Classification

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

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Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
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Use Additional Code

Use Additional Code
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Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code K52.21 are found in the index:

Approximate Synonyms

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Replacement Code

K5221 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10 code(s):

Convert K52.21 to ICD-9 Code

The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code K52.21 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

Code History

  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018

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