K63.8 — Other specified diseases of intestine
Not billable
Is K63.8 billable?
No — K63.8 is a non-billable header code. K63.8 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 7 billable codes beneath K63.8.
Billable codes under this header
- K63.81Dieulafoy lesion of intestine
- K63.89Other specified diseases of intestine
- K63.822Small intestinal fungal overgrowth
- K63.829Intestinal methanogen overgrowth, unspecified
- K63.8211Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, hydrogen-subtype
- K63.8212Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, hydrogen sulfide-subtype
- K63.8219Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, unspecified
K63.8 at a glance
| Code | K63.8 |
|---|---|
| Description | Other specified diseases of intestine |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K63.8, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K63.8 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 K63.8? (3)
How long has K63.8 existed?
K63.8 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.