556.5 LFTSDED ULCERTVE COLITIS

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 556.5

Short Description: Lftsded ulcertve colitis

Long Description: Left-sided ulcerative (chronic) colitis

Code Classification:

Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
- Noninfective enteritis and colitis (555-558)
  - 556 Ulcerative colitis
    - 556.5 Lftsded ulcertve colitis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 556.5 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Colitis (acute) (catarrhal) (croupous) (cystica superficialis) (exudative) (hemorrhagic) (noninfectious) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) 558.9
- ulcerative (chronic) (idiopathic) (nonspecific) 556.9
  - left-sided 556.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 556.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
556.5		K51.50	Left sided colitis without complications

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
556.0	Ulcerative (chronic) enterocolitis
556.1	Ulcerative (chronic) ileocolitis
556.2	Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis
556.3	Ulcerative (chronic) proctosigmoiditis
556.4	Pseudopolyposis of colon
556.6	Universal ulcerative (chronic) colitis
556.8	Other ulcerative colitis
556.9	Ulcerative colitis, unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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