ICD-10-CM code "K51.2": Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeK51.2
DescriptionUlcerative (chronic) proctitis
Hierarchy
  1. Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
  2. Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)
  3. Ulcerative colitis (K51)
  4. Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis (K51.2)
Billable statusNon billable code

Excludes

  1. Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)

    Type 2certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)

    Type 2certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

    Type 2complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

    Type 2congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)

    Type 2endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)

    Type 2injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

    Type 2neoplasms (C00-D49)

    Type 2symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

  2. Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)

    Type 1irritable bowel syndrome (K58.-)

    Type 1megacolon (K59.3-)

  3. Ulcerative colitis (K51)

    Type 1Crohn's disease [regional enteritis] (K50.-)

  4. Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis (K51.2)

Includes

  1. Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
  2. Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)

    Includesnoninfective inflammatory bowel disease

  3. Ulcerative colitis (K51)
  4. Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis (K51.2)

Subcategories