Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 576
Other disorders of biliary tract
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 8 ICD-9-CM codes below 576 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • Abdominal symptoms after removal of the gallbladder. The common postoperative symptoms are often the same as those present before the operation, such as colic, bloating, nausea, and vomiting. There is pain on palpation of the right upper quadrant and sometimes jaundice. The term is often used, inaccurately, to describe such postoperative symptoms not due to gallbladder removal
576 Excludes
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