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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 560
Intestinal obstruction without mention of hernia
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 6 ICD-9-CM codes below 560 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • A form of intestinal obstruction caused by the prolapse of a part of the intestine into the adjoining intestinal lumen. There are four types: colic, involving segments of the large intestine; enteric, involving only the small intestine; ileocecal, in which the ileocecal valve prolapses into the cecum, drawing the ileum along with it; and ileocolic, in which the ileum prolapses through the ileocecal valve into the colon
560 Excludes
 558.9 ICD9Data.com 560.0 
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