K50.911 — Crohn's disease, unspecified, with rectal bleeding
Is K50.911 billable?
Yes, but K50.911 is an unspecified code. K50.911 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, K50.911 is an unspecified or catch-all code. Payers apply additional scrutiny to unspecified codes and many deny them when the medical record supports a more specific option, so check the documentation before selecting K50.911 — the more specific alternatives are listed below.
More specific alternatives
K50.911 at a glance
| Code | K50.911 |
|---|---|
| Description | Crohn's disease, unspecified, with rectal bleeding |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does K50.911 group to?
K50.911 sits in MDC 06 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 385Inflammatory Bowel Disease with MCCmedical
- 386Inflammatory Bowel Disease with CCmedical
- 387Inflammatory Bowel Disease without CC/MCCmedical
As a secondary diagnosis, K50.911 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is K50.911 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to K50.911. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Enteritis › regional › with › complication › rectal bleeding (acute) (diarrheal) (hemorrhagic) (noninfective)
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from K50-K52
The conditions below can never be reported together with K50.911 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from K50
The conditions below can never be reported together with K50.911 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- ulcerative colitis (K51.-)
Use additional code — inherited from K50
Report an additional code alongside K50.911 to fully describe the condition. K50.911 is sequenced first.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K50.911, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K50.911 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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)
How long has K50.911 existed?
K50.911 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.