455.5 - External Hemorrhoids With Other Complication

The ICD 9 Code for External hemorrhoids with other complication is listed as 455.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	455.5
Long Description:	External hemorrhoids with other complication
Short Description:	Ext hemrrhoid w comp NEC

Chapter:	Diseases Of The Circulatory System
Block:	Diseases Of Veins And Lymphatics, And Other Diseases Of Circulatory System (451-459)
Related Descriptions:	Bleeding external hemorrhoids Prolapsed external hemorrhoids Strangulated external hemorrhoids Ulcerated external hemorrhoids
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	K64.4 - Residual hemorrhoidal skin tags (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 455.5:
455.0 - Internal hemorrhoids without mention of complication
455.1 - Internal thrombosed hemorrhoids
455.2 - Internal hemorrhoids with other complication
455.3 - External hemorrhoids without mention of complication
455.4 - External thrombosed hemorrhoids
455.6 - Unspecified hemorrhoids without mention of complication
455.7 - Unspecified thrombosed hemorrhoids
455.8 - Unspecified hemorrhoids with other complication
455.9 - Residual hemorrhoidal skin tags