ICD-10 code for Cholangiohepatitis

The ICD-10-CM code for Cholangiohepatitis is K83.8 (Other specified diseases of biliary tract). The official index lists 1 more specific code, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on K83.8.

Within K83, choose K83.8 (Other specified diseases of biliary tract) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: cholangitis (K83.0), obstruction of bile duct (K83.1), perforation of bile duct (K83.2), fistula of bile duct (K83.3), spasm of sphincter of Oddi (K83.4), biliary cyst (K83.5) and disease of biliary tract, unspecified (K83.9).

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 444 (Disorders of the Biliary Tract with MCC, relative weight 1.6665), DRG 445 (Disorders of the Biliary Tract with CC, relative weight 1.0872) and DRG 446 (Disorders of the Biliary Tract without CC/MCC, relative weight 0.8124), in MDC 07 (Diseases and Disorders of the Hepatobiliary System and Pancreas), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.