Chapter 11 - Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)»Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas (K80-K87)»Acute pancreatitis, unspecified (K85.9)

K85.9

Acute pancreatitis, unspecified

Sub-codes (3)

K85.90 Acute pancreatitis without necrosis or infection, unspecified
K85.91 Acute pancreatitis with uninfected necrosis, unspecified
K85.92 Acute pancreatitis with infected necrosis, unspecified

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Pancreatitis105 drugs (77 approved, 28 experimental)

INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS. Pancreatitis is classified as acute unless there are computed tomographic or endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographic findings of CHRONIC PANCREATITIS (International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis, Atlanta, 1992). The two most common forms of acute pancreatitis are ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS and gallstone pancreatitis.