K85.9

Acute pancreatitis, unspecified

Non-billable header

K85.9 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Pancreatitis NOS

Includes (from K85)

  • acute (recurrent) pancreatitis
  • subacute pancreatitis

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K85)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K85)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K85)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K85)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K85)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K85)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K85)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K85)

Also known as

  • Pancreatitis NOS

Parent code

  • K85Acute pancreatitisHeader

More specific codes K85.9

  • K85.90Acute pancreatitis without necrosis or infection, unspecifiedBillable
  • K85.91Acute pancreatitis with uninfected necrosis, unspecifiedBillable
  • K85.92Acute pancreatitis with infected necrosis, unspecifiedBillable

Related codes

  • K85.0Idiopathic acute pancreatitisHeader
  • K85.1Biliary acute pancreatitisHeader
  • K85.2Alcohol induced acute pancreatitisHeader
  • K85.3Drug induced acute pancreatitisHeader
  • K85.8Other acute pancreatitisHeader

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