K63.3

Ulcer of intestine

Billable / specific

K63.3 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

  • Primary ulcer of small intestine

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • duodenal ulcer (K26.-)
  • gastrointestinal ulcer (K28.-)
  • gastrojejunal ulcer (K28.-)
  • jejunal ulcer (K28.-)
  • peptic ulcer, site unspecified (K27.-)
  • ulcer of intestine with perforation (K63.1)
  • ulcer of anus or rectum (K62.6)
  • ulcerative colitis (K51.-)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K63)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K63)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K63)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K63)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K63)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K63)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K63)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K63)

Also known as

  • Primary ulcer of small intestine
  • Erosion, intestine
  • Stercoraceous, stercoral ulcer
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, intestine, intestinal
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, intestine, intestinal, primary, small intestine
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, intestine, intestinal, stercoraceous, stercoral
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, primary of intestine
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, rectosigmoid
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, stercoraceous, stercoral

Parent code

  • K63Other diseases of intestineHeader

Related codes

  • K63.0Abscess of intestineBillable
  • K63.1Perforation of intestine (nontraumatic)Billable
  • K63.2Fistula of intestineBillable
  • K63.4EnteroptosisBillable
  • K63.5Polyp of colonBillable
  • K63.8Other specified diseases of intestineHeader
  • K63.9Disease of intestine, unspecifiedBillable

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