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- K55.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM K55.1 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K55.1 – other international versions of ICD-10 K55.1 may differ.
ICD-10-CM K55.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 393 Other digestive system diagnoses with mcc
- 394 Other digestive system diagnoses with cc
- 395 Other digestive system diagnoses without cc/mcc
Applicable To
- Chronic ischemic colitis
- Chronic ischemic enteritis
- Chronic ischemic enterocolitis
- Ischemic stricture of intestine
- Mesenteric atherosclerosis
- Mesenteric vascular insufficiency
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K55.1:
- angina > Abdomen, abdominal
- abdominal > Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) I20.9
- intestinal > Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) I20.9
- mesenteric > Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) I20.9
- mesenteric (artery) > Arteriosclerosis, arteriosclerotic (diffuse) (obliterans) (of) (senile) (with calcification) I70.90
- chronic > ischemic K55.9
- due to mesenteric artery insufficiency > ischemic K55.9
- Wilkie\’s > Disease, diseased
- chronic > vascular K55.9
- chronic > ischemic K55.9
- chronic > hemorrhagic (acute) K55.059
- mesenteric > arterial I77.1
- mesenteric > Insufficiency, insufficient
- mesenteric > vascular I99.8
- chronic > bowel (transient) K55.059
- due to mesenteric artery insufficiency > bowel (transient) K55.059
- colon chronic (due to mesenteric artery insufficiency) > Ischemia, ischemic I99.8
- chronic > intestine (large) (small) (transient) K55.9
- due to mesenteric artery insufficiency > intestine (large) (small) (transient) K55.9
- chronic > small bowel K55.019
- due to mesenteric artery insufficiency > small bowel K55.019
- ischemic > intestine Q41.9
- chronic > bowel (transient) K55.9
- due to mesenteric artery insufficiency > bowel (transient) K55.9
- mesenteric > Syndrome
- artery (superior) > mesenteric K55.1
- vascular insufficiency > mesenteric K55.1
- mesenteric artery > superior I63.89
- Wilkie\’s > Syndrome