2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 556.9
Ulcerative colitis, unspecified
- 2014
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- Short description: Ulceratve colitis unspcf.
- ICD-9-CM 556.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 556.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 556.9.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 556.9: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
556.9 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM K51.90 Ulcerative colitis, unspecified, without complications
Approximate Synonyms
- Abscess of intestine due to ulcerative colitis
- Acute ulcerative colitis
- Arthropathy in ulcerative colitis
- Chronic mild ulcerative colitis
- Chronic moderate ulcerative colitis
- Chronic severe ulcerative colitis
- Chronic ulcerative colitis
- Complication due to ulcerative colitis
- Fistula of intestine due to ulcerative colitis
- Hemolytic anemia associated with ulcerative colitis
- Hemolytic anemia w ulcerative colitis
- Hemolytic anemia, with ulcerative colitis
- Intestinal obstruction due to ulcerative colitis
- Mild chronic ulcerative colitis
- Moderate chronic ulcerative colitis
- Rectal hemorrhage due to ulcerative colitis
- Severe chronic ulcerative colitis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Ulcerative colitis w abscess
- Ulcerative colitis w arthritis
- Ulcerative colitis w complication
- Ulcerative colitis w fistula
- Ulcerative colitis w obstruction
- Ulcerative colitis w rectal bleeding
- Ulcerative colitis with abscess
- Ulcerative colitis with arthritis
- Ulcerative colitis with complication
- Ulcerative colitis with fistula
- Ulcerative colitis with obstruction
- Ulcerative colitis with rectal bleeding
- Ulcerative colitis, chronic
- Ulcerative colitis, chronic, mild
- Ulcerative colitis, chronic, moderate
- Ulcerative colitis, chronic, severe
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
556.9:
- Colitis (acute) (catarrhal) (croupous) (cystica superficialis) (exudative) (hemorrhagic) (noninfectious) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) 558.9
- chronic 558.9
- ulcerative (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9
- gravis (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9
- polyposa (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9
- ulcerative (chronic) (idiopathic) (nonspecific) 556.9
- Diarrhea, diarrheal (acute) (autumn) (bilious) (bloody) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (gravis) (green) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (presumed noninfectious) (putrefactive) (secondary) (sporadic) (summer) (symptomatic) (thermic) 787.91
- ulcerative (chronic) (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9
- Enteritis (acute) (catarrhal) (choleraic) (chronic) (congestive) (diarrheal) (exudative) (follicular) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (lienteric) (noninfectious) (perforative) (phlegmonous) (presumed noninfectious) (pseudomembranous) 558.9
- chronic 558.9
- ulcerative (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9
- ulcerative (chronic) (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9
- Gastroenteritis (acute) (catarrhal) (congestive) (hemorrhagic) (noninfectious) (see also Enteritis) 558.9
- chronic 558.9
- ulcerative (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9
- ulcerative (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9
- Megacolon (acquired) (functional) (not Hirschsprung's disease) 564.7
- toxic (see also Colitis, ulcerative) 556.9