K52.2

Allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis

Non-billable header

K52.2 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Food hypersensitivity gastroenteritis or colitis

Includes (from K52)

  • noninfective inflammatory bowel disease

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • irritable bowel syndrome (K58.-) (from K52)
  • megacolon (K59.3-) (from K52)

Excludes2

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

  • allergic eosinophilic colitis (K52.82)
  • allergic eosinophilic esophagitis (K20.0)
  • allergic eosinophilic gastritis (K52.81)
  • allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis (K52.81)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K52)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K52)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K52)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K52)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K52)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K52)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K52)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K52)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

Also known as

  • Food hypersensitivity gastroenteritis or colitis

Parent code

  • K52Other and unspecified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitisHeader

More specific codes K52.2

  • K52.21Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndromeBillable
  • K52.22Food protein-induced enteropathyBillable
  • K52.29Other allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitisBillable

Related codes

  • K52.0Gastroenteritis and colitis due to radiationBillable
  • K52.1Toxic gastroenteritis and colitisBillable
  • K52.3Indeterminate colitisBillable
  • K52.8Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitisHeader
  • K52.9Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecifiedBillable

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