2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K60.42

Rectal fistula, complex

  • K60.42 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
  • ICD-10-CM K60.42 is a new 2025 ICD-10-CM code that became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K60.42 – other international versions of ICD-10 K60.42 may differ.

Applicable To

  • Extrasphincteric rectal fistula
  • High intersphincteric rectal fistula
  • Suprasphincteric rectal fistula
  • Transsphincteric rectal fistula

Code Also

  • , if applicable:
  • perianal abscess (K61.0)
  • rectovaginal fistula (N82.3)
  • stenosis of anus and rectum (K62.4)

The following code(s) above K60.42 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to K60.42:

  • K00-K95  Diseases of the digestive system
  • K60  Fissure and fistula of anal and rectal regions
  • K60.4  Rectal fistula

Code History

  • 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): New code

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to K60.42:

  • Fistula (cutaneous) L98.8
    • rectal (infectional) K60.40
      • extrasphincteric K60.42-
      • high intersphincteric K60.42-
      • suprasphincteric K60.42-
      • transsphincteric K60.42-
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