K57.3Diverticular disease of large intestine without perforation or abscess

K57.3 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for Diverticular disease of large intestine without perforation or abscess. It belongs to category K57 (Diverticular disease of intestine), block K55-K64 (other diseases of intestines) and chapter 11 (diseases of the digestive system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within K57, choose K57.3 (Diverticular disease of large intestine without perforation or abscess) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: Diverticulitis of small intestine with perforation and abscess (K57.0), Diverticular disease of small intestine without perforation or abscess (K57.1), Diverticulitis of large intestine with perforation and abscess (K57.2), Diverticulitis of both small and large intestine with perforation and abscess (K57.4), Diverticular disease of both small and large intestine without perforation or abscess (K57.5), Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, with perforation and abscess (K57.8) and part unspecified, without perforation or abscess (K57.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: K57.30 (bleeding), K57.31 (bleeding), K57.32 (bleeding) and K57.33 (bleeding).

Don't report K57.3 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: diverticular disease of both small and large intestine without perforation or abscess (K57.5-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.