K38.8 Other specified diseases of appendix

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Intussusception of appendix

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 393-395 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 543.9 Other and unspecified diseases of appendix (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to K38.8

Back-references to K38.8

• Type 2 Excludes: K56.1 Intussusception ("intussusception of appendix (K38.8)")

Diagnosis Index entries for K38.8

• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › appendix
• Atrophy, atrophic (of) › appendix
• Colic (bilious) (infantile) (intestinal) (recurrent) (spasmodic) › appendix, appendicular
• Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention) › appendix
• Disease, diseased › appendix › specified NEC
• Intussusception (bowel) (colon) (enteric) (ileocecal) (ileocolic) (intestine) ( rectum) › appendix
• Mucocele › appendix
• Obliteration › appendix (lumen)
• Sloughing (multiple) (phagedena) (skin) › appendix
• Strangulation, strangulated › appendix

Nearby codes

• K38 Other diseases of appendix
• K38.0 Hyperplasia of appendix
• K38.1 Appendicular concretions
• K38.2 Diverticulum of appendix
• K38.3 Fistula of appendix
• K38.8 Other specified diseases of appendix (this code)
• K38.9 Disease of appendix, unspecified