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K67

Disorders of peritoneum in infectious diseases classified elsewhere

Billable

Chapter: 11. Diseases of the digestive system

Section: K65-K68 - Diseases of peritoneum and retroperitoneum

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with K67

A74.81 - peritonitis in chlamydia (A74.81)
A36.89 - peritonitis in diphtheria (A36.89)
A54.85 - peritonitis in gonococcal (A54.85)
A52.74 - peritonitis in syphilis (late) (A52.74)
A18.31 - peritonitis in tuberculosis (A18.31)

Code First

underlying disease, such as:
congenital syphilis (A50.0)
helminthiasis (B65.0 -B83.9)

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