ICD-10-CM

Non-billable

K56

Classification

Category:Diseases of the digestive system

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Coding Guidance

K56 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.

Excludes 1

Q41-Q42

congenital stricture or stenosis of intestine

E84.11

cystic fibrosis with meconium ileus

K55.1

ischemic stricture of intestine

P76.0

meconium ileus NOS

P76

neonatal intestinal obstructions classifiable to P76.-

K31.5

obstruction of duodenum

K91.3

postprocedural intestinal obstruction

Excludes 2

K62.4

stenosis of anus or rectum

P04-P96

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

A00-B99

certain infectious and parasitic diseases

O00-O9A

complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Q00-Q99

congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities

E00-E88

endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

S00-T88

injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

C00-D49

neoplasms

R00-R94

symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

More Specific Codes

Other impaction of intestine

K56.5

Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection)

K56.6

Other and unspecified intestinal obstruction

K56.7

Ileus, unspecified

External Resources

2025 ICD-10 guidelines from CMS.gov