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K83.1

Obstruction of bile duct

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
K83code
Excludes1
  • postcholecystectomy syndrome (K91.5)K91.5
Excludes2
  • conditions involving the gallbladder (K81-K82)K81-K82
  • conditions involving the cystic duct (K81-K82)K81-K82
K83.1code
Excludes1
  • congenital obstruction of bile duct (Q44.3)Q44.3Q44.3
  • obstruction of bile duct with cholelithiasis (K80.-)K80.-K80.-
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 3
K83.1code
Inclusion terms
  • Occlusion of bile duct without cholelithiasis
  • Stenosis of bile duct without cholelithiasis
  • Stricture of bile duct without cholelithiasis
Official Guidelines 1 names this code

ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, quoted in full. Published by CMS and NCHS; in the public domain.

I.C.11 Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K95) names this code p.58

Reserved for future guideline expansion

Index entries leading here 10
  • Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) — see also Stricture
    • ampulla of Vater K83.1
    • bile duct (common) (hepatic) K83.1
    • common (bile) duct K83.1
    • hepatic duct K83.1
    • papilla of Vater K83.1
    • sphincter of Oddi K83.1
  • Stricture — see also Stenosis
    • ampulla of Vater K83.1
    • bile duct (common) (hepatic) K83.1
    • common (bile) duct K83.1
    • hepatic duct K83.1
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
    • ampulla of Vater K83.1
    • bile duct or passage (common) (hepatic) (noncalculous) K83.1
    • biliary (duct) (tract) K83.1
    • common duct (noncalculous) K83.1
    • hepatic K76.89
      • duct (noncalculous) K83.1
    • hepatobiliary K83.1
  • Occlusion, occluded
    • bile duct (common) (hepatic) (noncalculous) K83.1
  • Obliteration
    • bile duct (noncalculous) K83.1
    • common duct (noncalculous) K83.1
  • Stasis
    • bile (noncalculous) K83.1
  • Cholestasis NEC K83.1
  • Jaundice (yellow) R17
  • Syndrome — see also Disease
  • Mirizzi's syndrome (hepatic duct stenosis) K83.1
Alongside this code 7 same parent — K83
K83.0 Cholangitis category K83.2 Perforation of bile duct K83.3 Fistula of bile duct K83.4 Spasm of sphincter of Oddi K83.5 Biliary cyst K83.8 Other specified diseases of biliary tract K83.9 Disease of biliary tract, unspecified
Medications 2
37 Bile Duct Diseases drugs 5 Common Bile Duct Diseases drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

CMS28HCC68

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
K83
Block
K80-K87
Siblings
7

Present FY2024–FY2027.