K68

Disorders of retroperitoneum

Non-billable header

K68 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Excludes2

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

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

More specific codes K68

  • K68.1Retroperitoneal abscessHeader
  • K68.2Retroperitoneal fibrosisBillable
  • K68.3Retroperitoneal hematomaBillable
  • K68.9Other disorders of retroperitoneumBillable

Related codes

  • K65PeritonitisHeader
  • K6ADiseases of the pelvis, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • K66Other disorders of peritoneumHeader
  • K67Disorders of peritoneum in infectious diseases classified elsewhereBillable

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