K87 — Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas in diseases classified elsewhere
Is K87 billable?
Yes — K87 is billable for FY2027. K87 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. K87 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
K87 at a glance
| Code | K87 |
|---|---|
| Description | Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas in diseases classified elsewhere |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
What Medicare edits apply to K87?
The Medicare Code Editor screens inpatient claims before they are grouped. These edits name K87 directly.
This code describes a manifestation of an underlying disease. The underlying condition must be sequenced before it, so it can never be the principal or first-listed diagnosis.
Which MS-DRGs does K87 group to?
K87 sits in MDC 07 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.
- 444Disorders of the Biliary Tract with MCCmedical
- 445Disorders of the Biliary Tract with CCmedical
- 446Disorders of the Biliary Tract without CC/MCCmedical
How is K87 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to K87. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Disorder › gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas in diseases classified elsewhere (of)
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with K87 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Code first
The underlying condition below must be sequenced before K87. K87 describes a manifestation and cannot be the principal or first-listed diagnosis.
- underlying disease
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K87, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K87 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 K87 existed?
K87 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 K87?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with K87 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.