Acute appendicitis with perforation, localized peritonitis, and gangrene, without abscess
Billable / specific
K35.32 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
- (Acute) appendicitis with perforation NOS
- Perforated appendix NOS
- Ruptured appendix (with localized peritonitis) NOS
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)
Also known as
- (Acute) appendicitis with perforation NOS
- Perforated appendix NOS
- Ruptured appendix (with localized peritonitis) NOS
- Appendicitis, with perforation NOS
- Appendicitis, with peritonitis NEC, rupture
- Appendicitis, ruptured NOS
- Perforation, perforated, appendix
- Perforation, perforated, appendix, with localized peritonitis
- Perforation, perforated, cecum
- Perforation, perforated, cecum, with localized peritonitis
- Peritonitis, with or following, appendicitis, with perforation or rupture
- Rupture, ruptured, appendix
- Rupture, ruptured, appendix, with localized peritonitis
Parent code
- K35.3Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitisHeader