AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2023 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Short Bowel Syndrome and Intestinal Failure

Subcategory K90.8, Other intestinal malabsorption, has been expanded and new codes have been created to identify short bowel syndrome with colon in continuity, without the colon in continuity, and unspecified. This expansion also includes a new code to identify intestinal failure. The new codes are as follows:• K90.821, Short bowel syndrome with colon in continuity  • K90.822, Short bowel syndrome without colon in continuity • K90.829, Short bowel syndrome, unspecified • K90.83, Intestinal failure Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a medical condition that results in the inadequate absorption of nutrients from food due...

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