K68
K68 — Disorders of retroperitoneum
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K68 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for disorders of retroperitoneum. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with K68
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K68. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K68 alone.
Risk adjustment
K68 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 K68
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about K68
- Is K68 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K68 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K68 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of peritoneum and retroperitoneum (K65-K68).