K56.2

Volvulus

Billable / specificHCC V28 78

K56.2 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

  • Strangulation of colon or intestine
  • Torsion of colon or intestine
  • Twist of colon or intestine

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • congenital stricture or stenosis of intestine (Q41-Q42) (from K56)
  • cystic fibrosis with meconium ileus (E84.11) (from K56)
  • ischemic stricture of intestine (K55.1) (from K56)
  • meconium ileus NOS (P76.0) (from K56)
  • neonatal intestinal obstructions classifiable to P76.- (from K56)
  • obstruction of duodenum (K31.5) (from K56)
  • postprocedural intestinal obstruction (K91.3-) (from K56)

Excludes2

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

  • volvulus of duodenum (K31.5)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K56)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K56)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K56)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K56)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K56)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K56)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K56)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K56)
  • stenosis of anus or rectum (K62.4) (from K56)

Also known as

  • Strangulation of colon or intestine
  • Torsion of colon or intestine
  • Twist of colon or intestine
  • Knot, intestinal, syndrome
  • Knotting, intestine
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, intestine, volvulus
  • Strangulation, strangulated, bowel or colon
  • Strangulation, strangulated, intestine
  • Strangulation, strangulated, mesentery
  • Strangulation, strangulated, omentum
  • Syndrome, intestinal, knot
  • Torsion, bowel, colon or intestine
  • Torsion, mesentery
  • Torsion, omentum
  • Twist, twisted, bowel, colon or intestine
  • Twist, twisted, mesentery
  • Twist, twisted, omentum

Parent code

  • K56Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without herniaHeader

Related codes

  • K56.0Paralytic ileusBillable
  • K56.1IntussusceptionBillable
  • K56.3Gallstone ileusBillable
  • K56.4Other impaction of intestineHeader
  • K56.5Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection)Header
  • K56.6Other and unspecified intestinal obstructionHeader
  • K56.7Ileus, unspecifiedBillable

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