564.7 MEGACOLON NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 564.7

Short Description: Megacolon NEC

Long Description: Megacolon, other than Hirschsprung's

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
    • Other diseases of intestines and peritoneum (560-569)
      • 564 Functional digestive disorders, not elsewhere classified
        • 564.7 Megacolon NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 564.7 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Dilatation
    • colon 564.7
      • congenital 751.3
      • due to mechanical obstruction 560.89
      • psychogenic 306.4
  • Excess, excessive, excessively
    • large
      • colon 564.7
        • congenital 751.3
  • Macrosigmoid 564.7
    • congenital 751.3
  • Megacolon (acquired) (functional) (not Hirschsprung's disease) 564.7
    • aganglionic 751.3
    • congenital, congenitum 751.3
    • Hirschsprung's (disease) 751.3
    • psychogenic 306.4
    • toxic (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9
  • Megasigmoid 564.7
    • congenital 751.3
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • faulty bowel habit (idiopathic megacolon) 564.7

Crosswalk Information

The code 564.7 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
564.7 Right Arrow K59.3 Megacolon, not elsewhere classified
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.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
564.00 Constipation, unspecified
564.01 Slow transit constipation
564.02 Outlet dysfunction constipation
564.09 Other constipation
564.1 Irritable bowel syndrome
564.2 Postgastric surgery syndromes
564.3 Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery
564.4 Other postoperative functional disorders
564.5 Functional diarrhea
564.6 Anal spasm
564.81 Neurogenic bowel
564.89 Other functional disorders of intestine
564.9 Unspecified functional disorder of intestine


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