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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 555.0
Regional enteritis of small intestine
- ICD-9-CM 555.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Applies To
- Ileitis:
- regional
- segmental
- terminal
- Regional enteritis or Crohn's disease of:
- duodenum
- ileum
- jejunum
Convert 555.0 to ICD-10-CM 

ICD-9-CM 555.0 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM K50.00 Crohn's disease of small intestine without complications
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 555.0:
- Enteritis (acute) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (congestive) (diarrheal) (exudative) (follicular) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (perforative) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) (pseudomembranous) 558.9

cicatrizing (chronic) 555.0
- Ileitis (chronic) (see also Enteritis) 558.9

regional (ulcerative) 555.0
with large intestine 555.2
segmental 555.0
with large intestine 555.2
terminal (ulcerative) 555.0
with large intestine 555.2
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
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