I88.0

Nonspecific mesenteric lymphadenitis

Billable / specific

I88.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Mesenteric lymphadenitis (acute)(chronic)

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • acute lymphadenitis, except mesenteric (L04.-) (from I88)
  • enlarged lymph nodes NOS (R59.-) (from I88)
  • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in generalized lymphadenopathy (B20) (from I88)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I88)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I88)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I88)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I88)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I88)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I88)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I88)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I88)

Also known as

  • Mesenteric lymphadenitis (acute)(chronic)
  • Abscess, lymph, lymphatic, gland or node, mesentery
  • Adenitis, mesenteric
  • Brennemann's syndrome
  • Infection, infected, infective, lymph gland, mesenteric
  • Infection, infected, infective, mesenteric lymph nodes or glands NEC
  • Lymphadenitis, chronic, mesenteric
  • Lymphadenitis, mesenteric

Parent code

  • I88Nonspecific lymphadenitisHeader

Related codes

  • I88.1Chronic lymphadenitis, except mesentericBillable
  • I88.8Other nonspecific lymphadenitisBillable
  • I88.9Nonspecific lymphadenitis, unspecifiedBillable

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