Abscess. The most common complication of diverticulitis is an abscess outside the large intestine (colon). An abscess is a pus-filled cavity or lump in the tissue. Abscesses are usually treated with a technique known as percutaneous abscess drainage (PAD).
ICD-10 code: K57. 92 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation, abscess or bleeding.
L02. 91 - Cutaneous abscess, unspecified | ICD-10-CM.
Every patient who has diverticulitis has diverticulosis, but not every patient who has diverticulosis will have diverticulitis. Therefore, when you are billing diverticulitis you do not need to add the dx of diverticulosis, as we know they have it or they would not have diverticulitis.
Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation or abscess without bleeding. K57. 92 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM K57.
ICD-10 code R10. 32 for Left lower quadrant pain is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
Cutaneous abscess of abdominal wall L02. 211 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM L02. 211 became effective on October 1, 2021.
9: Fever, unspecified.
10061 Incision and drainage of abscess; complicated or multiple.
20 for Diverticulitis of large intestine with perforation and abscess without bleeding is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .
Diverticulosis occurs when small, bulging pouches (diverticula) develop in your digestive tract. When one or more of these pouches become inflamed or infected, the condition is called diverticulitis.
When you have acute diverticulitis, a perforated colon is not that unusual because diverticulitis causes tiny tears — perforations — in the colon walls. These tears can grow larger and become problematic. Colonic perforation can also be a life-threatening complication of recent colon surgery called anastomotic leakage.