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ICD-10-CM Code for Stage 3 necrotizing enterocolitis K55.33

ICD-10 code K55.33 for Stage 3 necrotizing enterocolitis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Stage 3 necrotizing enterocolitis
Necrotizing enterocolitis with perforation
Necrotizing enterocolitis with pneumatosis and perforation

K55.3

Excludes1: necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)

Excludes2: necrotizing enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (A04.7-)

K55

Excludes1: necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)

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