DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Block · Chapter 11

K50-K52 Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)

Block K50-K52 groups 3 categories with 91 billable codes in FY2027.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 11 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
  2. K50-K52 Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)

Neighbouring blocks

Categories
3
Billable codes
91
CC codes
79
MCC codes
0
HCC V28 codes
77
New FY2027
0

Categories in K50-K52

  • K50

    Crohn's disease [regional enteritis]

    Enteritis (acute) (diarrheal) (hemorrhagic) (noninfective)regional (of) → K50.90

    • 28 billable codes
    • 28 CC
    • 28 with HCC
  • K51

    Ulcerative colitis

    Ileocolitisulcerative → K51.0-

    • 49 billable codes
    • 49 CC
    • 49 with HCC
  • K52

    Other and unspecified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis

    Cecitis → K52.9

    • 14 billable codes
    • 2 CC

Index main terms

  • Enteritis (acute) (diarrheal) (hemorrhagic) (noninfective) → K50, K52 (50 entries)
  • Colitis (acute) (catarrhal) (chronic) (noninfective) (hemorrhagic) → K51, K52 (39 entries)
  • Gastroenteritis (acute) (chronic) (noninfectious) → K52 (14 entries)
  • Diarrhea, diarrheal (disease) (infantile) (inflammatory) → K52 (9 entries)
  • Allergy, allergic (reaction) (to) → K52 (8 entries)
  • Pancolitis → K51 (7 entries)
  • Polyp, polypus → K51 (7 entries)
  • Proctitis → K51 (7 entries)
  • Rectosigmoiditis → K51 (7 entries)
  • Proctocolitis → K52 (4 entries)
  • Enterocolitis → K52 (3 entries)
  • Intoxication → K52 (3 entries)
  • Toxemia → K52 (3 entries)
  • Hypersensitive, hypersensitiveness, hypersensitivity → K52 (2 entries)
  • Ileocolitis → K51, K52 (2 entries)

+14 more main terms; the search box finds them by word.

Block instructions

Includes

  • noninfective inflammatory bowel disease

Excludes1

  • irritable bowel syndrome (K58.-) K58
  • megacolon (K59.3-) K59.3

Notes that also apply

Chapter 11 instructions (Excludes2 8): printed on the chapter 11 page.