K94
K94 — Complications of artificial openings of the digestive system
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K94 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for complications of artificial openings of the digestive system. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with K94
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at K94. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading K94 alone.
Risk adjustment
K94 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 K94
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about K94
- Is K94 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. K94 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does K94 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Other diseases of the digestive system (K90-K95).