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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 540.0
Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis
540
540.1
540.0 is a billable ICD-9-CM medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Newer versions of 540.0:
2009
2010
Excludes
acute appendicitis with peritoneal abscess (
540.1
)
Also applicable to/known as
Appendicitis (acute) with: perforation, peritonitis (generalized), rupture:
fulminating
gangrenous
obstructive
Cecitis (acute) with: perforation, peritonitis (generalized), rupture
Rupture of appendix
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 540.0
Appendicitis
541
with
perforation, peritonitis (generalized), or rupture
540.0
with peritoneal abscess
540.1
acute (catarrhal) (fulminating) (gangrenous) (inflammatory) (obstructive) (retrocecal) (suppurative)
540.9
with
perforation, peritonitis, or rupture
540.0
with peritoneal abscess
540.1
Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
appendix
540.0
with peritoneal abscess
540.1
cecum
540.0
with peritoneal abscess
540.1
Peritonitis (acute) (adhesive) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion)
567.9
with or following
appendicitis
540.0
with peritoneal abscess
540.1
Rupture, ruptured
553.9
appendix (with peritonitis)
540.0
with peritoneal abscess
540.1
traumatic - see Injury, internal, gastrointestinal tract
cecum (with peritonitis)
540.0
with peritoneal abscess
540.1
traumatic
863.89
with open wound into cavity
863.99
2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 540.0
540.0