Author: GDIT, (800) 688-6696
NC Medicaid has received calls concerning the ICD 10 diagnoses codes for acute appendicitis.
NC Medicaid has provided instructions to NCTracks on updating the diagnoses code list for acute appendicitis. The following ICD 10 code list has been updated recently to include the following diagnoses codes:
- K35.20 Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without abscess
- K35.21 Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with abscess
- K35.30 Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis, without perforation or gangrene
- K35.31 Acute appendicitis with localized peritonitis and gangrene, without perforation
- K35.32 Acute appendicitis with perforation localized peritonitis, without abscess
- K35.33 Acute appendicitis with perforation and localized peritonitis, with abscess
(MP 19.156)