K60 — Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions
Is K60 billable?
No — K60 is a non-billable header code. K60 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 30 billable codes beneath K60.
Billable codes under this header
- K60.0Acute anal fissure
- K60.1Chronic anal fissure
- K60.2Anal fissure, unspecified
- K60.30Anal fistula, unspecified
- K60.40Rectal fistula, unspecified
- K60.50Anorectal fistula, unspecified
- K60.311Anal fistula, simple, initial
- K60.312Anal fistula, simple, persistent
- K60.313Anal fistula, simple, recurrent
- K60.319Anal fistula, simple, unspecified
- K60.321Anal fistula, complex, initial
- K60.322Anal fistula, complex, persistent
- K60.323Anal fistula, complex, recurrent
- K60.329Anal fistula, complex, unspecified
- K60.411Rectal fistula, simple, initial
- K60.412Rectal fistula, simple, persistent
- K60.413Rectal fistula, simple, recurrent
- K60.419Rectal fistula, simple, unspecified
- K60.421Rectal fistula, complex, initial
- K60.422Rectal fistula, complex, persistent
- K60.423Rectal fistula, complex, recurrent
- K60.429Rectal fistula, complex, unspecified
- K60.511Anorectal fistula, simple, initial
- K60.512Anorectal fistula, simple, persistent
- K60.513Anorectal fistula, simple, recurrent
- K60.519Anorectal fistula, simple, unspecified
- K60.521Anorectal fistula, complex, initial
- K60.522Anorectal fistula, complex, persistent
- K60.523Anorectal fistula, complex, recurrent
- K60.529Anorectal fistula, complex, unspecified
K60 at a glance
| Code | K60 |
|---|---|
| Description | Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes2 — not included here
The conditions below are not part of K60, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K60 and the excluded code may both be reported.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K60, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K60 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)
What codes fall under K60? (6)
How long has K60 existed?
K60 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.
Which codes are confused with K60?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with K60 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.