K64.8 Other hemorrhoids

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Internal hemorrhoids, without mention of degree
• Prolapsed hemorrhoids, degree not specified

Applies from K64 Hemorrhoids and perianal venous thrombosis

Includes

• piles

Excludes1 (never code together)

• hemorrhoids complicating childbirth and the puerperium (O87.2)
• hemorrhoids complicating pregnancy (O22.4)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 455.0 Internal hemorrhoids without mention of complication (approximate)
• 455.1 Internal thrombosed hemorrhoids (approximate)
• 455.2 Internal hemorrhoids with other complication (approximate)
• 455.8 Unspecified hemorrhoids with other complication (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to K64.8

Back-references to K64

• Type 2 Excludes: K62 Other diseases of anus and rectum ("hemorrhoids (K64.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for K64.8

• Hemorrhoids (bleeding) (without mention of degree) › internal (without mention of degree)
• Hemorrhoids (bleeding) (without mention of degree) › prolapsed
• Hemorrhoids (bleeding) (without mention of degree) › specified NEC
• Hemorrhoids (bleeding) (without mention of degree) › strangulated
• Hemorrhoids (bleeding) (without mention of degree) › ulcerated
• Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative › hemorrhoid
• Varicose › ulcer (lower limb, any part) › anus

Nearby codes

• K64.1 Second degree hemorrhoids
• K64.2 Third degree hemorrhoids
• K64.3 Fourth degree hemorrhoids
• K64.4 Residual hemorrhoidal skin tags
• K64.5 Perianal venous thrombosis
• K64.8 Other hemorrhoids (this code)
• K64.9 Unspecified hemorrhoids