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K63.5

Billable

Polyp of colon

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A benign growth or small protrusion in the colon that may be asymptomatic or cause bleeding and changes in bowel habits.

Coding Tips

  • •Specify the number and location of polyps if documented (ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid, or rectum)
  • •Distinguish from malignant polyps which would use different coding

Excludes 2 — Not included here, may code separately

  • adenomatous polyp of colon (D12.-)
  • inflammatory polyp of colon (K51.4-)
  • polyposis of colon (D12.6)

Code Hierarchy

└K63Other diseases of intestine└K63.5Polyp of colon
└K63.5Polyp of colon

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