K83.1 Obstruction of bile duct
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Major Complication or Comorbidity (MCC) as a secondary diagnosis.
Applicable to
- Occlusion of bile duct without cholelithiasis
- Stenosis of bile duct without cholelithiasis
- Stricture of bile duct without cholelithiasis
Excludes1 (never code together)
- congenital obstruction of bile duct (Q44.3)
- obstruction of bile duct with cholelithiasis (K80.-)
Applies from K83 Other diseases of biliary tract
Excludes1 (never code together)
- postcholecystectomy syndrome (K91.5)
Excludes2 (not included here)
- conditions involving the gallbladder (K81-K82)
- conditions involving the cystic duct (K81-K82)
Risk adjustment (HCC)
- CMS-HCC V28: HCC 68 — Cholangitis and Obstruction of Bile Duct Without Gallstones
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 444-446 in MDC 07.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
576.2 Obstruction of bile duct
Diagnosis Index entries for K83.1
- Cholestasis NEC
- Jaundice (yellow) › obstructive
- Jaundice (yellow) › regurgitation
- Mirizzi's syndrome (hepatic duct stenosis)
- Obliteration › bile duct (noncalculous)
- Obliteration › common duct (noncalculous)
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › ampulla of Vater
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › bile duct or passage (common) (hepatic) (noncalculous)
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › biliary (duct) (tract)
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › common duct (noncalculous)
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › hepatic › duct (noncalculous)
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive › hepatobiliary
- Occlusion, occluded › bile duct (common) (hepatic) (noncalculous)
- Stasis › bile (noncalculous)
- Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › ampulla of Vater
- Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › bile duct (common) (hepatic)
- Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › common (bile) duct
- Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › hepatic duct
- Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › papilla of Vater
- Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) › sphincter of Oddi
- Stricture › ampulla of Vater
- Stricture › bile duct (common) (hepatic)
- Stricture › common (bile) duct
- Stricture › hepatic duct
- Syndrome › Mirizzi's
Nearby codes
K83 Other diseases of biliary tractK83.0 CholangitisK83.01 Primary sclerosing cholangitisK83.09 Other cholangitisK83.1 Obstruction of bile duct (this code)K83.2 Perforation of bile ductK83.3 Fistula of bile ductK83.4 Spasm of sphincter of OddiK83.5 Biliary cystK83.8 Other specified diseases of biliary tract