K51.214
Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis with abscess
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
K00-K95chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 7
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 5 same parent — K51.21
K51.211 Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis with rectal bleeding K51.212 Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis with intestinal obstruction K51.213 Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis with fistula K51.218 Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis with other complication K51.219 Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis with unsp complications
Additional references
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