K56.69 Other intestinal obstruction

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Enterostenosis NOS
• Obstructive ileus NOS
• Occlusion of colon or intestine NOS
• Stenosis of colon or intestine NOS
• Stricture of colon or intestine NOS

Applies from K56 Paralytic ileus and intestinal obstruction without hernia

Excludes1 (never code together)

• congenital stricture or stenosis of intestine (Q41-Q42)
• cystic fibrosis with meconium ileus (E84.11)
• ischemic stricture of intestine (K55.1)
• meconium ileus NOS (P76.0)
• neonatal intestinal obstructions classifiable to P76.-
• obstruction of duodenum (K31.5)
• postprocedural intestinal obstruction (K91.3-)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• stenosis of anus or rectum (K62.4)

Codes under K56.69

• K56.690 Other partial intestinal obstruction
• K56.691 Other complete intestinal obstruction
• K56.699 Other intestinal obstruction unspecified as to partial versus complete obstruction

Code annotations containing back-references to K56.69

Back-references to K56.69

• Type 1 Excludes: K56.0 Paralytic ileus ("obstructive ileus NOS (K56.69-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: K56.7 Ileus, unspecified ("obstructive ileus (K56.69-)")

Back-references to K56

• Type 1 Excludes: P76.8 Other specified intestinal obstruction of newborn ("intestinal obstruction classifiable to K56.-")

Nearby codes

• K56.6 Other and unspecified intestinal obstruction
• K56.60 Unspecified intestinal obstruction
• K56.600 Partial intestinal obstruction, unspecified as to cause
• K56.601 Complete intestinal obstruction, unspecified as to cause
• K56.609 Unspecified intestinal obstruction, unspecified as to partial versus complete obstruction
• K56.69 Other intestinal obstruction (this code)
• K56.690 Other partial intestinal obstruction
• K56.691 Other complete intestinal obstruction
• K56.699 Other intestinal obstruction unspecified as to partial versus complete obstruction
• K56.7 Ileus, unspecified