Intestinal adhesions [bands], unspecified as to partial versus complete obstruction
Billable / specificHCC V28 78
K56.50 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
- Intestinal adhesions with obstruction NOS
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
- Intestinal adhesions with obstruction NOS
- Adhesions, adhesive, with intestinal obstruction
- Adhesions, adhesive, intestine, with obstruction
- Adhesions, adhesive, peritoneum, peritoneal, with obstruction
- Band, obstructive, intestine
- Band, obstructive, peritoneum
- Hernia, hernial, due to adhesions
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, intestine, with adhesions
Parent code
- K56.5Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection)Header