K83.0

Approximate Synonyms

• Bacterial cholangitis

• Cholangitis, bacterial

• Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Clinical Information

• A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the biliary tract.

• Acute infection of the bile ducts caused by bacteria ascending from the small intestine.

• An acute or chronic inflammatory process affecting the biliary tract.

• Chronic inflammatory disease of the biliary tract. It is characterized by fibrosis and hardening of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary ductal systems leading to bile duct strictures, cholestasis, and eventual biliary cirrhosis.

• Inflammation of the biliary ductal system bile ducts); intrahepatic, extrahepatic, or both.

Details

• K83.0 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K83.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K83.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 K83.0 may differ.