Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis
Non-billable header
K35.3 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
- K35Acute appendicitisHeader
More specific codes K35.3
- K35.30Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis, without perforation or gangreneBillable
- K35.31Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis and gangrene, without perforationBillable
- K35.32Acute appendicitis with perforation, localized peritonitis, and gangrene, without abscessBillable
- K35.33Acute appendicitis with perforation, localized peritonitis, and gangrene, with abscessBillable