K90.822

Short bowel syndrome without colon in continuity

Billable / specific

K90.822 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

  • Short bowel syndrome without colonic continuity

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified (K91.2) (from K90.82)
  • 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)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, if applicable, for colostomy status (Z93.3)

Also known as

  • Short bowel syndrome without colonic continuity
  • Syndrome, short, bowel, without colon in continuity

Parent code

  • K90.82Short bowel syndromeHeader

Related codes

  • K90.821Short bowel syndrome with colon in continuityBillable
  • K90.829Short bowel syndrome, unspecifiedBillable

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