Diagnosis Code

K91.2 POSTSURGICAL MALABSORPTION, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: K91.2

Short Description: Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified

Long Description: Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified

The code K91.2 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K95)
    • Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95)
      • Intraop and postproc comp and disorders of dgstv sys, NEC (K91)
        • K91.2 Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acquired short bowel syndrome
  • Blind loop syndrome
  • Fatty stool
  • Fatty stool
  • Malnutrition
  • Malnutrition following gastrointestinal surgery
  • Post-gastrointestinal tract surgery malnutrition
  • Postoperative blind loop syndrome
  • Postprocedural intestinal steatorrhea
  • Postprocedural steatorrhea
  • Post-surgical malabsorption
  • Post-surgical malabsorption
  • Protein losing enteropathy due to and following cardiac procedure
  • Protein-losing enteropathy
  • Short bowel syndrome

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code K91.2 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders With Mcc (391)
  • Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis And Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders Without Mcc (392)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code K91.2 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Postsurgical blind loop syndrome
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • malabsorption osteomalacia in adults (@M83.2*)
    • malabsorption osteoporosis, postsurgical (@M80.8*-, @M81.8*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
K91.2 Right Arrow 579.3 Intest postop nonabsorb

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
K91 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system, not elsewhere classified
K91.0 Vomiting following gastrointestinal surgery
K91.1 Postgastric surgery syndromes
K91.3 Postprocedural intestinal obstruction
K91.30 Postprocedural intestinal obstruction, unspecified as to partial versus complete
K91.31 Postprocedural partial intestinal obstruction
K91.32 Postprocedural complete intestinal obstruction
K91.5 Postcholecystectomy syndrome
K91.6 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a procedure
K91.61 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating a digestive system procedure
K91.62 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure complicating other procedure
K91.7 Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a procedure
K91.71 Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during a digestive system procedure
K91.72 Accidental puncture and laceration of a digestive system organ or structure during other procedure
K91.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system
K91.81 Other intraoperative complications of digestive system
K91.82 Postprocedural hepatic failure
K91.83 Postprocedural hepatorenal syndrome
K91.84 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure
K91.840 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
K91.841 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
K91.85 Complications of intestinal pouch
K91.850 Pouchitis
K91.858 Other complications of intestinal pouch
K91.86 Retained cholelithiasis following cholecystectomy
K91.87 Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a procedure
K91.870 Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
K91.871 Postprocedural hematoma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
K91.872 Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following a digestive system procedure
K91.873 Postprocedural seroma of a digestive system organ or structure following other procedure
K91.89 Other postprocedural complications and disorders of digestive system


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