Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection)
Non-billable header
K56.5 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Abdominal hernia due to adhesions with obstruction
- Peritoneal adhesions [bands] with intestinal obstruction (postinfection)
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.
- 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
- Abdominal hernia due to adhesions with obstruction
- Peritoneal adhesions [bands] with intestinal obstruction (postinfection)
Parent code
- K56Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without herniaHeader