FY2024
Effective from
- Specificity changed
- Inherited rules changed
Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with abscess
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CDC/NCHS · FY2024For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2018-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2024
Effective from
Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with abscess
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | Added |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | Specificity changed · Inherited rules changed |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
K35.210Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without perforation, with abscessBillable / specificK35.211Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with perforation and abscessBillable / specificK35.219Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, with abscess, unspecified as to perforationBillable / specificHistorical assignments from the CDC conversion table support data retrieval. They do not authorize substituting a previous code for the current code.
Previous assignment: K35.2
Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| K35.20 | Acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis, without abscess | Category · further specificity required |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗