542 OTHER APPENDICITIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 542

Short Description: Other appendicitis

Long Description: Other appendicitis

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
    • Appendicitis (540-543)
      • 542 Other appendicitis
        • 542 Other appendicitis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Appendicitis of a pelvic appendix
  • Atypical appendicitis
  • Catarrhal appendicitis
  • Chronic appendicitis
  • Healed appendicitis
  • Recurrent appendicitis
  • Relapsing appendicitis
  • Retrocecal appendicitis
  • Retroileal appendicitis
  • Subacute appendicitis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 542 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Appendicitis 541
    • chronic (recurrent) 542
    • healed (obliterative) 542
    • interval 542
    • neurogenic 542
    • obstructive 542
    • recurrent 542
    • relapsing 542
    • subacute (adhesive) 542
    • subsiding 542
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Paget's (osteitis deformans) 731.0
      • extramammary (M8542/3) - see also Neoplasm, skin, malignant
        • anus 154.3
          • skin 173.59
      • malignant (M8540/3)
        • specified site NEC (M8542/3) - see Neoplasm, skin, malignant
  • Paget's disease (osteitis deformans) 731.0
    • extramammary (M8542/3) - see also Neoplasm, skin, malignant
      • anus 154.3
        • skin 173.59
    • malignant (M8540/3)
      • specified site NEC (M8542/3) - see Neoplasm, skin, malignant
  • Subsiding appendicitis 542

Crosswalk Information

The code 542 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
542 Right Arrow K36 Other appendicitis
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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.

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