2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

K56.5 Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection)

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

K56.5 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection).

Inclusion term

  • Abdominal hernia due to adhesions with obstruction

  • Peritoneal adhesions [bands] with intestinal obstruction (postinfection)

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    Code changed

    • Description

        • Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postprocedural) (postinfection)
        • Intestinal adhesions [bands] with obstruction (postinfection)
    • Inclusion term

        • Abdominal hernia due to adhesions with obstruction
        • Peritoneal adhesions [bands] with intestinal obstruction (postprocedural) (postinfection)
        • Abdominal hernia due to adhesions with obstruction
        • Peritoneal adhesions [bands] with intestinal obstruction (postinfection)
    • Short description

        • Intestinal adhesions w obst (postprocedural) (postinfection)
        • Intestinal adhesions with obstruction (postinfection)
  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code