K56.41 vs P76
K56.41 (Fecal impaction) compared with P76 (Other intestinal obstruction of newborn), from the official CMS tabular data.
Summary
No coding relationship between these codes was found in the tabular notes or in MedCoder’s derived relationships.
- What is different?
The conditions named, billing status and chapter.K56.41 is “Fecal impaction”; P76 is “Other intestinal obstruction of newborn”. P76 is a non-billable header; K56.41 is billable. K56.41 sits in K00-K95 — Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K95); P76 in P00-P96 — Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (P00-P96).
Registry fact
- Can these codes be reported together?
No instruction prevents it.No note in either entry names the other, and no derived relationship links them. Each may be reported when its own documentation requirements are met.
Registry fact
- Is there an Excludes1 relationship?
None.Neither entry carries an Excludes1 note that names the other code. K56.41 carries 7 Excludes1 notes covering other codes; the side-by-side table quotes them.
Official rule
- Is there an Excludes2 relationship?
None.Neither entry carries an Excludes2 note that names the other code. K56.41 carries 2 Excludes2 notes covering other codes; the side-by-side table quotes them.
Official rule
- Is one more specific?
Not comparable.The codes sit in different categories; specificity is only comparable within one category.
- Is one a parent or header code?
One is a header.P76 is a non-billable header, but K56.41 is not one of its subdivisions.
Registry fact
- Are there sequencing instructions?
None.Neither entry carries a Code First or Use Additional Code note that names the other.
Official rule
- Are there other coding relationships?
None found.No laterality, encounter-phase, Table of Neoplasms, Table of Drugs and Chemicals, or history-versus-active-disease relationship links these codes.
MedCoder-derived
Official rule: a tabular instructional note or a section of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, quoted as published. Registry fact: the codes’ own published attributes (titles, billable status, position in the hierarchy, code set). MedCoder-derived: a reading MedCoder computes from those facts; it is not itself a rule. How to read the labels
Can these codes be reported together?
Yes.
No Excludes1/Excludes2 relationship exists between these codes in the official tabular list. Each may be reported when its own documentation requirements are met.
Side by side
| K56.41Fecal impaction | P76Other intestinal obstruction of newborn | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Non-billable header |
| Classification | K00-K95 — Diseases of the Digestive System (K00-K95) | P00-P96 — Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (P00-P96) |
| Definition | Fecal impaction is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (K56.41). | Other intestinal obstruction of newborn is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (P76). |
| Excludes1 | congenital stricture or stenosis of intestine (Q41-Q42) cystic fibrosis with meconium ileus (E84.11) ischemic stricture of intestine (K55.1) meconium ileus NOS (P76.0) neonatal intestinal obstructions classifiable to P76.- obstruction of duodenum (K31.5) postprocedural intestinal obstruction (K91.3-) | — |
| Excludes2 | incomplete defecation (R15.0) stenosis of anus or rectum (K62.4) | — |
Notes are the code’s own tabular entry, quoted as published. A note that names the other code is the one the verdict above rests on.
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2027). A coding-rule comparison, not billing advice: payer-specific edits and medical-necessity policy are outside its scope. All data sources