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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 557.9
Unspecified vascular insufficiency of intestine
- ICD-9-CM 557.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Applies To
- Alimentary pain due to vascular insufficiency
- Ischemic colitis, enteritis, or enterocolitis NOS
Convert 557.9 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM 557.9 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM K55.9 Vascular disorder of intestine, unspecified
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 557.9:
- Colitis (acute) (catarrhal) (croupous) (cystica superficialis) (exudative) (hemorrhagic) (noninfectious) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) 558.9
- Enteritis (acute) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (congestive) (diarrheal) (exudative) (follicular) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (perforative) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) (pseudomembranous) 558.9
- Insufficiency, insufficient
- Ischemia, ischemic 459.9
- Pain(s) (see also Painful) 780.96
alimentary, due to vascular insufficiency 557.9
- Syndrome - see also Disease
acute 
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