K90.1

Tropical sprue

Billable / specific

K90.1 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

  • Sprue NOS
  • Tropical steatorrhea

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • intestinal malabsorption following gastrointestinal surgery (K91.2) (from K90)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K90)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K90)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K90)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K90)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K90)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K90)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K90)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K90)

Also known as

  • Sprue NOS
  • Tropical steatorrhea
  • Cochin-China diarrhea
  • Diarrhea, diarrheal, Cochin-China
  • Diarrhea, diarrheal, hill
  • Diarrhea, diarrheal, tropical
  • Psilosis
  • Sprue
  • Steatorrhea, tropical

Parent code

  • K90Intestinal malabsorptionHeader

Related codes

  • K90.0Celiac diseaseBillable
  • K90.2Blind loop syndrome, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • K90.3Pancreatic steatorrheaBillable
  • K90.4Other malabsorption due to intoleranceHeader
  • K90.8Other intestinal malabsorptionHeader
  • K90.9Intestinal malabsorption, unspecifiedBillable

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