K57.2
ICD-10Non-billable categoryDiverticulitis of large intestine w perforation and abscess
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Diverticulitis of large intestine with perforation and abscess
K57.2 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- diverticulitis of both small and large intestine with perforation and abscess (K57.4-)
ICD-10-CM FY2026 defines 2 codes beneath K57.2. See the ICD-10-CM index for what this site publishes.
Related codes in K57
- K57.0Diverticulitis of small intestine w perforation and abscesscategory
- K57.1Diverticular disease of sm int w/o perforation or abscesscategory
- K57.3Diverticular disease of lg int w/o perforation or abscesscategory
- K57.4Dvtrcli of both small and lg int w perforation and abscesscategory
- K57.5Diverticular dis of both small and lg int w/o perf or abscscategory
- K57.8Dvtrcli of intestine, part unsp, w perforation and abscesscategory
- K57.9Diverticular disease of intest, part unsp, w/o perf or abscscategory
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- K57
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.