Diagnosis Code

K81.9 CHOLECYSTITIS, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: K81.9

Short Description: Cholecystitis, unspecified

Long Description: Cholecystitis, unspecified

The code K81.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K95)
    • Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas (K80-K87)
      • Cholecystitis (K81)
        • K81.9 Cholecystitis, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Cholecystitis
  • Cholecystitis without calculus
  • Hyperplastic cholecystitis
  • Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code K81.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Disorders Of The Biliary Tract With Mcc (444)
  • Disorders Of The Biliary Tract With Cc (445)
  • Disorders Of The Biliary Tract Without Cc/mcc (446)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
K81.9 Right Arrow 575.10 Cholecystitis NOS

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
K81 Cholecystitis
K81.0 Acute cholecystitis
K81.1 Chronic cholecystitis
K81.2 Acute cholecystitis with chronic cholecystitis


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