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ICD-10-CM Code for First degree hemorrhoids K64.0

ICD-10 code K64.0 for First degree hemorrhoids is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .

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Official Long Descriptor

First degree hemorrhoids
Grade/stage I hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids (bleeding) without prolapse outside of anal canal

K64

Includes: piles

Excludes1: hemorrhoids complicating childbirth and the puerperium (O87.2)
hemorrhoids complicating pregnancy (O22.4)

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