K59.9

Functional intestinal disorder, unspecified

Billable / specific

K59.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • 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)

Also known as

  • Complaint, bowel, functional
  • Complaint, intestine, functional
  • Disease, diseased, bowel, functional
  • Disease, diseased, colon, functional
  • Disease, diseased, gastrointestinal, functional
  • Disease, diseased, intestine, functional
  • Disorder, intestine, intestinal, functional NEC
  • Distress, intestinalNOS
  • Dysfunction, colon
  • Dysfunction, rectum
  • Syndrome, functional, bowel
  • Upset, intestinal

Parent code

  • K59Other functional intestinal disordersHeader

Related codes

  • K59.0ConstipationHeader
  • K59.1Functional diarrheaBillable
  • K59.2Neurogenic bowel, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • K59.3Megacolon, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • K59.4Anal spasmBillable
  • K59.8Other specified functional intestinal disordersHeader

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