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K81.0 - Acute cholecystitis


The ICD 10 Code for Acute cholecystitis is listed as K81.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: K81.0
Description: Acute cholecystitis
  • Abscess of gallbladder
  • Angiocholecystitis
  • Emphysematous (acute) cholecystitis
  • Empyema of gallbladder
  • Gangrene of gallbladder
  • Gangrenous cholecystitis
  • Suppurative cholecystitis
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
444 - Disorders Of The Biliary Tract W Mcc
445 - Disorders Of The Biliary Tract W Cc
446 - Disorders Of The Biliary Tract W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
Block Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas (K80-K87)
Parent K81 - Cholecystitis
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 575.0 - Acute cholecystitis
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of K81.0:
K81.1 - Chronic cholecystitis
K81.2 - Acute cholecystitis with chronic cholecystitis
K81.9 - Cholecystitis, unspecified