K52.9
Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 5 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 15 never code together
K52.9code
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 11
- Cecitis K52.9
- Enteritis (acute) (diarrheal) (hemorrhagic) (noninfective) K52.9
- Diarrhea, diarrheal (disease) (infantile) (inflammatory) R19.7
- Colitis (acute) (catarrhal) (chronic) (noninfective) (hemorrhagic) K52.9
- noninfective K52.9
- Enterocolitis K52.9
- noninfectious K52.9
- Gastroenteritis (acute) (chronic) (noninfectious) K52.9
- noninfectious K52.9
- Gastroenteropathy K52.9
- Gastrojejunitis K52.9
- Ileitis (chronic) (noninfectious) K52.9
- Ileocolitis K52.9
- Sigmoiditis K52.9
- noninfectious K52.9
Alongside this code 5 same parent — K52
Additional references
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