K57
Diverticular disease of intestine
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
K57code
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.
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Subordinate codes 8
K57.0 Diverticulitis of small intestine w perforation and abscess K57.1 Diverticular disease of sm int w/o perforation or abscess K57.2 Diverticulitis of large intestine w perforation and abscess K57.3 Diverticular disease of lg int w/o perforation or abscess K57.4 Dvtrcli of both small and lg int w perforation and abscess K57.5 Diverticular dis of both small and lg int w/o perf or abscs K57.8 Dvtrcli of intestine, part unsp, w perforation and abscess K57.9 Diverticular disease of intest, part unsp, w/o perf or abscs
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