K91.0 — Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery
Is K91.0 billable?
Yes — K91.0 is billable for FY2027. K91.0 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. K91.0 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
K91.0 at a glance
| Code | K91.0 |
|---|---|
| Description | Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does K91.0 group to?
K91.0 sits in MDC 06 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 391Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with MCCmedical
- 392Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without MCCmedical
How is K91.0 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to K91.0. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Vomiting › following gastrointestinal surgery
- Vomiting › bilious › following gastro-intestinal surgery
- Complication › gastrointestinal › postoperative › vomiting after GI surgery (s) (from) (of)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K91.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K91.0 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)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from K91
The conditions below are not part of K91.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K91.0 and the excluded code may both be reported.
How long has K91.0 existed?
K91.0 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 K91.0?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with K91.0 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.
Which conditions are coded to K91.0?
What other codes are in the K91 family? (7)
- K91.1Postgastric surgery syndromes
- K91.2Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified
- K91.3Postprocedural intestinal obstructionnot billable
- K91.5Postcholecystectomy syndrome
- K91.6Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedurenot billable
- K91.7Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedurenot billable
- K91.8Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive systemnot billable