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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 568.0
Peritoneal adhesions (postoperative) (postinfection)
- ICD-9-CM 568.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
568.0 Alternative Terminology
- Adhesion of abdominal wall
- Adhesion of diaphragm
- Adhesion of intestine
- Adhesion of male pelvis
- Adhesion of mesentery
- Adhesion of omentum
- Adhesion of stomach
- Colonic adhesions
- Duodenal adhesions
- Entrapment of intestine in abdominal adhesions
- Ileal adhesions
- Ileocecal adhesions
- Jejunal adhesions
- Large bowel adhesions
- Male pelvic adhesions
- Mesenteric arteriovenous fistula
- Periappendiceal adhesions
- Perirectal adhesions
- Peritoneal adhesion
- Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions
- Pyloric adhesions
- Sigmoid flexure adhesions
- Small bowel adhesions
568.0 Excludes 
Applies To
- Adhesions (of):
- abdominal (wall)
- diaphragm
- intestine
- male pelvis
- mesenteric
- omentum
- stomach
- Adhesive bands
Convert 568.0 to ICD-10-CM
ICD-9-CM 568.0 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM K66.0 Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 568.0:
- Adhesion(s), adhesive (postinfectional) (postoperative)
abdominal (wall) (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- bowel (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- cecum (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- colon (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- diaphragm (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- duodenum (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
with obstruction 537.3
- ileocecal (coil) (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- ileum (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- intestine (postoperative) (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- with obstruction 560.81
with hernia - see also Hernia, by site, with obstruction- gangrenous - see Hernia, by site, with gangrene
- intra-abdominal (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- mesenteric (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- omentum (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- pelvic (peritoneal)
- periappendiceal (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- perigastric (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- perirectal (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- peritoneum, peritoneal (fibrous) (postoperative) 568.0
- postoperative (gastrointestinal tract) (see also Adhesions, peritoneum)
- pylorus (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- sigmoid flexure (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- stomach (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- Band(s)
- adhesive (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- intestinal (adhesive) (see also Adhesions, peritoneum) 568.0
- congenital 751.4
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