K63
K63 — Other diseases of intestine
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K63 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other diseases of intestine. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with K63
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K63. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K63 alone.
Risk adjustment
K63 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead K63
8 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about K63
- Is K63 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K63 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K63 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64).