Other megacolon
Billable / specific
K59.39 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
- Megacolon NOS
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- congenital megacolon (aganglionic) (Q43.1) (from K59.3)
- megacolon (due to) (in) Chagas' disease (B57.32) (from K59.3)
- megacolon (due to) (in) Clostridium difficile (A04.7-) (from K59.3)
- megacolon (due to) (in) Hirschsprung's disease (Q43.1) (from K59.3)
- change in bowel habit NOS (R19.4) (from K59)
- intestinal malabsorption (K90.-) (from K59)
- psychogenic intestinal disorders (F45.8) (from K59)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K59)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K59)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K59)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K59)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K59)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K59)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K59)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K59)
- functional disorders of stomach (K31.-) (from K59)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
Also known as
- Megacolon NOS
- Dilatation, colon
- Dilatation, rectum
- Excess, excessive, excessively, large, colon
- Macrosigmoid
- Megacolon
- Megasigmoid
- Syndrome, faulty bowel habit