K35.20

Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without abscess

Non-billable header

K35.20 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K35)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K35)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K35)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K35)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K35)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K35)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K35)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K35)

Parent code

  • K35.2Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitisHeader

More specific codes K35.20

  • K35.200Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without perforation or abscessBillable
  • K35.201Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with perforation, without abscessBillable
  • K35.209Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without abscess, unspecified as to perforationBillable

Related codes

  • K35.21Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with abscessHeader

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