Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K95)
Chapter 11 (K00–K95) covers a wide range of diseases and disorders affecting the digestive system. These codes are used to identify conditions that impact organs involved in digestion, such as the mouth, esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.
This chapter includes codes for digestive system diseases ranging from common issues like acid reflux and gastritis to more complex conditions such as inflammatory bowel diseases, liver cirrhosis, and intestinal obstructions. It also covers disorders of the teeth and gums, as well as complications related to digestion and absorption of nutrients. Medical coders and healthcare providers use these codes to document clinical diagnoses and assist in treatment planning for gastrointestinal health, ensuring accurate representation of digestive system conditions in medical records and claims. These codes help track digestive diseases by specifying both the location and nature of the disorder.
- Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14)
- Diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum (K20-K31)
- Diseases of appendix (K35-K38)
- Hernia (K40-K46)
- Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)
- Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64)
- Diseases of peritoneum and retroperitoneum (K65-K68)
- Diseases of liver (K70-K77)
- Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas (K80-K8
- Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95)
Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K95)
Excludes2: 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)
Diseases of oral cavity and salivary glands (K00-K14)
- Disorders of tooth development and eruption (K00)
- Embedded and impacted teeth (K01)
- Dental caries (K02)
- Other diseases of hard tissues of teeth (K03)
- Diseases of pulp and periapical tissues (K04)
- Gingivitis and periodontal diseases (K05)
- Other disorders of gingiva and edentulous alveolar ridge (K06)
- Other disorders of teeth and supporting structures (K08)
- Cysts of oral region, not elsewhere classified (K09)
- Diseases of salivary glands (K11)
- Stomatitis and related lesions (K12)
- Other diseases of lip and oral mucosa (K13)
- Diseases of tongue (K14)
Diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum (K20-K31)
- Esophagitis (K20)
- Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (K21)
- Other diseases of esophagus (K22)
- Disorders of esophagus in diseases classified elsewhere (K23)
- Gastric ulcer (K25)
- Duodenal ulcer (K26)
- Peptic ulcer, site unspecified (K27)
- Gastrojejunal ulcer (K28)
- Gastritis and duodenitis (K29)
- Functional dyspepsia (K30)
- Other diseases of stomach and duodenum (K31)
Diseases of appendix (K35-K38)
Hernia (K40-K46)
Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)
Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64)
- Vascular disorders of intestine (K55)
- Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia (K56)
- Diverticular disease of intestine (K57)
- Irritable bowel syndrome (K58)
- Other functional intestinal disorders (K59)
- Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions (K60)
- Abscess of anal and rectal regions (K61)
- Other diseases of anus and rectum (K62)
- Other diseases of intestine (K63)
- Hemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis (K64)
Diseases of peritoneum and retroperitoneum (K65-K68)
Diseases of liver (K70-K77)
- Alcoholic liver disease (K70)
- Toxic liver disease (K71)
- Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified (K72)
- Chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified (K73)
- Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver (K74)
- Other inflammatory liver diseases (K75)
- Other diseases of liver (K76)
- Liver disorders in diseases classified elsewhere (K77)
Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas (K80-K87)
Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95)