K85.3 — Drug induced acute pancreatitis
Is K85.3 billable?
No — K85.3 is a non-billable header code. K85.3 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 3 billable codes beneath K85.3.
K85.3 at a glance
| Code | K85.3 |
|---|---|
| Description | Drug induced acute pancreatitis |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Use additional code
Report an additional code alongside K85.3 to fully describe the condition. K85.3 is sequenced first.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K85.3, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K85.3 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 K85.3? (3)
How long has K85.3 existed?
K85.3 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
- FY2018: K85.3 stopped being billable
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.