Diagnosis Code

K65.8 OTHER PERITONITIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: K65.8

Short Description: Other peritonitis

Long Description: Other peritonitis

The code K65.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K95)
    • Diseases of peritoneum and retroperitoneum (K65-K68)
      • Peritonitis (K65)
        • K65.8 Other peritonitis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute cecitis
  • Acute cecitis with perforation AND peritonitis
  • Acute serositis
  • Chronic peritonitis
  • Chronic proliferative peritonitis
  • Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis associated peritonitis
  • Eosinophilia of peritoneal fluid
  • Eosinophilic peritonitis
  • Fat necrosis of peritoneum
  • Fat necrosis of peritoneum
  • Fecal peritonitis
  • Fungal peritonitis
  • Granulomatous peritonitis
  • Infection associated with peritoneal dialysis catheter
  • Infection of peritoneal dialysis catheter
  • Injury of cecum
  • Long-term disorder of dialysis
  • Mesenteric fat necrosis
  • Mesenteric fat necrosis
  • Mesenteric fat saponification
  • Mesenteric saponification
  • Parasitic peritonitis
  • Perforation of cecum
  • Perihepatitis
  • Peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis
  • Peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis
  • Peritoneal fluid abnormal
  • Peritonitis due to infected peritoneal dialysis catheter
  • Polyserositis
  • Polyserositis
  • Polyserositis syndrome of dialysis
  • Sclerosing peritonitis
  • Sclerosing peritonitis as complication of peritoneal dialysis
  • Serositis
  • Typhlitis
  • Urine peritonitis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code K65.8 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Major Gastrointestinal Disorders And Peritoneal Infections With Mcc (371)
  • Major Gastrointestinal Disorders And Peritoneal Infections With Cc (372)
  • Major Gastrointestinal Disorders And Peritoneal Infections Without Cc/mcc (373)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code K65.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Chronic proliferative peritonitis
    • Peritonitis due to urine

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
K65.8 Right Arrow 567.89 Peritonitis NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
K65 Peritonitis
K65.0 Generalized (acute) peritonitis
K65.1 Peritoneal abscess
K65.2 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
K65.3 Choleperitonitis
K65.4 Sclerosing mesenteritis
K65.9 Peritonitis, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023